Tag: FATF

Pakistan asks FATF to remove India as co-chair

--Finance minister asks watchdog to uphold standards of impartial peer evaluation by appointing neutral country to the Joint Group --APG team to visit Islamabad in...

Inclusion in EC terror financing list adds to Pakistan’s difficulties at...

--Islamabad left with limited options to meet FATF conditions and be de-listed ISLAMABAD: Although Pakistan, during the past six months, has taken multiple steps to...

Govt takes control of banned outfits’ assets

--FO issues UNSC (Freezing and Seizure) Order, 2019 to streamline sanctions against designated entities --Ministry of Interior directs all provinces to speed up action against banned...

‘India presses for Pakistan to stay on terror financing list’

NEW DELHI: India is pressing for Pakistan to be kept on a terrorism financing watch list following an attack in occupied Kashmir. The Financial Action Task...

FATF ‘largely satisfied’ with Pakistan’s efforts to curb money laundering, terror...

ISLAMABAD: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Thursday appreciated the steps taken by Pakistan on its action-plan to curb money laundering and terror financing,...

Assets of banned outfits frozen, Pakistan tells FATF

A Pakistani delegation on Tuesday told the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) Asia Pacific Group (APG) that the bank accounts and assets of banned...

FATF compliance: Govt launches crackdown against money laundering facilitators

--Operation aimed at nabbing FIA, Pakistan Customs, ANF officials involved in terror financing and capital flight as well --Strict measures being taken under six-member ministerial committee to...

Pakistan copes with legal gaps ahead of crucial FATF meeting

As a meeting with the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) approaches, Pakistan is struggling to cope with lapses in its legal framework which...

FATF wants Pakistan to impose financial sanctions on designated terrorists

--Task force asks Pakistan to provide first report on actions taken until Nov 19   The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday demanded Pakistan impose...

NAB briefs FATF delegation on measures against money-laundering

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday thoroughly briefed Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) Asia Pacific Group (APG) on the measures taken by Pakistan...

Pakistan-FATF delegation’s final meeting today

ISLAMABAD: The federal government and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will begin final negotiations in Islamabad on Monday. Officials of the ministries of finance and...

India blames Pakistan for talks failure

--Sushma Swaraj tells UN 'Pakistan’s commitment to terrorism as an instrument of official policy has not abated one bit'   NEW YORK: India’s Minister for External Affairs...

FATF delegation set to visit Pakistan in Oct

ISLAMABAD: A Financial Action Task Force (FATF) delegation is set to visit Pakistan in October as the federal government and relevant departments launch preparations...

KP govt to target terror financing

The Counter-Terrorism Financing Unit (CTFU) has been notified by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government to operate under the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), a local...

UK set to help Pakistan come out of FATF grey list:...

The British High Commissioner to Pakistan Thomas Drew has said "the United Kingdom is ready to help Pakistan come out of the grey list...

APG urges Pakistan to make terror financing, money laundering extraditable offence:...

The Asia Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering asked Pakistan to implement on “appropriate laws, enabling local officials to act upon requests of foreign...

FATF delegation to conclude review of ‘action plan’ implementation: report

A visiting delegation of the Asia Pacific Group (APG) is set to complete its review of Pakistan’s implementation of action plan issued by the...