Pakistan Hopes For Relief On FATF ‘grey List’ Sanctions

Pakistan hopes for some suspension of punishment when the Watchdog International Watchdog Action (FATF) task force starts a meeting on Monday in Berlin before the plenary session on June 14-17. Announced the meeting, the FATF secretariat said that the delegates would discuss “progress made by several jurisdictions identified as presenting risks to the financial system”, referring to the entity on the gray list including Pakistan and 22 other countries.

According to a media report in Pakistan, the government led by Pakistan Pakistan only attracted all to stop sending the Minister of State for Hina Rabbani Foreign Affairs to lead this week’s delegation which would create a Pakistani case because it was expelled from the “Gray Gray” State of the State “jurisdiction in Under the increase in monitoring “, four years after it was brought back in the list in June 2018.

Specifically, the government sources quoted in a report on the AAJ and Ary media network showed that Pakistan was sure to have “completed” his duties, especially after the sentence of the head of Lashkar-e-toiba Hafiz Saeed in April 2022 for a term of 32 years, Increase the previous period of 36 to some accusations of terrorism and terror financing.

The Ministry of External Ministry (AEC) refused to comment on the FATF deliberation, which was stored in a complete confidentiality. However, at least two diplomatic sources confirmed to Hinduism that this time, there was a “significant momentum” between the US and the “five -eye” intelligence alliance from Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, as well as several European countries to start the process of removing Pakistan from the list gray. This means accepting that Pakistan has completed two separate tasks lists from 27 tasks and 7 tasks, for actions on their respective terror and money laundering financing, and proposed a “location visit” of the country by the FATF delegation to confirm the findings. If the process goes smoothly, the source said that the last call to remove Pakistan from the gray list will be taken at the next pleno FATF 16-21 October this year.

Fatf’s decision is also being monitored because of its political impact, as if Pakistan was considered positive in this week’s session, it would be a significant shot on Pakistan’s arm PM Shehbaz Sharif, which wrestled with financial restrictions on the gray -gray list and difficult negotiations with the IMF on Bailout. Experts have shown the warming of relations between Pakistan and the US after they almost frozen last year as another positive sign, especially after the American State Secretary Antony Blinken invited the new Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto to attend a special UN session and a bilateral talks were held in May 2022. When asked about the FATF list, Bhutto had said in New York that his government was committed to acting on terrorism and extremism, which he called “long -term, long -term and existential threats for all of us”.

Source -Source refers to a number of steps taken by Pakistan last year which had been calculated by the latest Fatf and Asia Pacific Group (APG) reports that will be discussed during the session, including the sentence of Hafiz Saeed, and the prosecution of Masood Azhar and the arrest of around 300 terrorists who Another appointed, confiscation of more than 1,100 properties owned by terror groups with a guise of carrying out education, medical and charity, rules and legal changes to bring Pakistan’s anti-terrorism actions in line with ranks with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line with ranks in line in In line with the ranks in line with the ranks of Pakistan in line with the ranks of Pakistan in line with Pakistan in line with Pakistan’s anthrorism international appointment for terrorists and changes in the money laundering law, and freezing bank accounts belonging to terror groups and their leaders. New Delhi has been skeptical of the efficacy and eternity of Pakistani actions taken so far, and his views will be taken into account as Fatf led by the consensus as well.