Tag: FATF
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‘Exercise utmost caution’: India issues travel advisory for Turkey amid strained ties
The development comes after India decided to give a cold shoulder to its ties with Turkey after Istanbul backed Pakistan over the Kashmir issue at the UNGA session last month and at the FATF meet in Paris earlier this month.
October 23, 2019 -
Pressure on Pak to act on terror after FATF ‘black list’ warning: Army Chief Bipin Rawat
The global watchdog for terror financing and money laundering had on Friday warned Pakistan of blacklisting it if it fails to take complete measures on terror financing and money laundering by February 2020.
October 19, 2019 -
‘Swiftly complete full action plan by Feb 2020 or face action’: FATF warns Pakistan
The FATF stated that in an otherwise situation, it would take action including urging members to advise their financial institutions to give special attention to business relations/transactions with Islamabad.
October 18, 2019 -
FATF likely to place Pak in ‘Dark Grey’ list till Feb 2020, to announce decision today
'Dark Grey' means the issuance of a strong warning so that the country concerned gets one last chance to improve.
October 18, 2019 -
Pakistan likely to be placed in ‘Dark Grey’ list, left isolated at FATF meet: Report
The FATF had in August put Pakistan in the 'enhanced expedited follow-up list' (blacklist) for its failure to meet its standards.
October 15, 2019 -
Pak must prosecute 4 arrested LeT terrorists along with chief Hafiz Saeed: US
In July, Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed was arrested by the CTD of Pakistan’s Punjab Province and has been on judicial remand ever since.
October 14, 2019 -
Pakistan ‘under pressure’: NSA Ajit Doval ahead of FATF meet
Although the APG has recommended that Pakistan be downgraded to the blacklist due to its poor compliance on measures to tackle terror funding, the FATF is most likely to keep it in the grey list.
October 14, 2019 -
Ahead of FATF meet next week, Pak arrests 4 aides of Mumbai attack plotter Hafiz Saeed
Next week's Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting will review progress made on controlling terror financing and money laundering.
October 11, 2019 -
Pakistan quietly ‘de-listing terror groups, unfreezing their accounts’: FATF report
The APG report further stated that detailed statistics on year of freezing action were not provided and it is not clear which terrorist groups the accounts frozen were associated with.
October 8, 2019 -
‘Pak has not taken sufficient action against terrorists, terror groups’: FATF report
The long-awaited 228-page report was published on Saturday, a week before the FATF is set to announce its decision to remove or retain Pakistan in its grey list.
October 7, 2019 -
NSA Ajit Doval apprises Saudi Crown Prince of Kashmir situation
Doval's visit to Riyadh comes a few days before plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) which is scheduled to be held from October 13 to 18.
October 3, 2019 -
‘Pak failed to act with serious intent against terrorism’: Top diplomats after FATF blacklist move
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has found that Pakistan was non-compliant on 32 of the 40 compliance parameters of terror financing and money laundering.
August 23, 2019 -
Expect Pakistan to eliminate funding to terror groups: India
This came following a strong warning to Pakistan by the FATF which stated that the country could be blacklisted unless it fulfils by October an "action plan" against UN-designated terrorists operating on its soil.
June 22, 2019 -
Curb terror funding, complete action plan by October: FATF warns Pakistan
Meanwhile, India has urged Pakistan to take all necessary steps to effectively implement the FATF Action Plan fully within the remaining time frame by September 2019.
June 22, 2019 -
Pakistan manages to avoid being blacklisted by FATF for now
Pakistan was able to win the support of Turkey, China, and Malaysia, which helped it avoid being placed on the blacklist at the global money laundering watchdog’s meeting in Orlando in the US, the Pakistani media said.
June 21, 2019 -
Pakistan’s role in curbing terror under scrutiny at FATF meet
The meeting, which began on Sunday, is expected to take a call on whether to keep Pakistan on the “grey" list or downgrade it to the “black" list.
June 17, 2019 -
Can Pakistan’s army change its mindset?
In an article in the Pakistani Newspaper ‘Dawn’ of 9 February this year, Pervez Hoodbhoy writes, ‘Its (Bangladesh) growth rate last year (7.8 per cent) put it at par with India (8.0 per cent) and well above Pakistan (5.8 per cent).
May 21, 2019