Financial Action Task Force (FATF) puts Pakistan in the terror financing grey list

[MrPresident]

They are absolute lunatics. Not good for my mental health.

They are yelling at the top of their voices "bharati media is fake". Guess once they see this in their news papers they will understand.

 

[The Juggernaut]

So all that bluster about Asia bibi was just that...bluster??

This bluster came after extending GSP+ status. They are saying they will take away all things i.e. will cost economically.

 

[Sameer Chaudhary]

Kafir Chinese insulted Islam & Muslims for a President of FATF post. Fauj No.1 should march to Forbidden city & overthrow kafir communists. Shaheeno tayaar ho jao , Ghazwa-e-beijing ka waqt aa gaya hai.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

https://www.dawn.com/news/1391835/pakistan-may-find-itself-on-fatf-blacklist-after-june

Pakistan may find itself on FATF blacklist after June

 

[The Juggernaut]

Pakistan may find itself on FATF blacklist after June

writer ke muh me ghee-sakkar. khuda kare aisa hi ho.

 

[pankaj nema]

Senior US diplomat discusses Afghan security with Pak foreign secy

https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/20...cusses-afghan-security-with-pak-foreign-secy/

 

[Degenarate]

I can take a wild guess. Nothing will happen after June and it will be business as usual. I may sound pessimistic but after seeing for years and years how remarkably this GFN terror factory which calls itself a nation has wriggled its ass out of difficult situations, I have no doubts that they will show just enough "proof" to not be blacklisted come June. I am not discouraging others from being optimistic about the possibilities but I will believe it only when I see it.

I do hope this vile nation gets its comeuppance at last, if there is a shred of justice left in this world. But as of now not getting my hopes high only to be disappointed later.

 

[Villager]

I can take a wild guess. Nothing will happen after June and it will be business as usual. I may sound pessimistic but after seeing for years and years how remarkably this GFN terror factory which calls itself a nation has wriggled its ass out of difficult situations, I have no doubts that they will show just enough "proof" to not be blacklisted come June. I am not discouraging others from being optimistic about the possibilities but I will believe it only when I see it.

I do hope this vile nation gets its comeuppance at last, if there is a shred of justice left in this world. But as of now not getting my hopes high only to be disappointed later.

Even if it does manage to avoid being Blacklisted somehow, it will remain in grey list.

 

[mayfair]

^^They were in the watch list from 2012-2015. Did not seem to have made much of a difference. Their economic woes during this period are more of their own incompetence and ineptness than FATF squeeze.

 

[aditya10r]

Pakis are such interesting creatures.
I take any sort of interaction with them as experimental.

They have been brainwashed since they were young, preached of their superiority, our inferiority, of their own righteousness; but then they grow up.
And this is after all the 21st century, you can't really hide from information, and suddenly they realise that the world doesn't share their views but is increasing and rightly so belligerent towards them and they can't fathom this and they burst forth in the funniest ways possible on the internet and everywhere else.
I know its terribly schadenfroh but I love seeing them struggle with their cognitive dissonance as their bubble pops.

We on the other hand are humbled incessantly, some times rightly so but mostly unnecessarily.

Dude you forgot INBREEDING.

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[The Juggernaut]

Embarrassments & isolations

Don’t we have any consideration for the interests of China which is besieged by US and Indian policies to contain its emergence as a force for Eurasian peace, stability and development and which, moreover, has made Pakistan a cornerstone of its historic initiative in Central and South Asia?

Kya khate hai ye log.

 

[Srinivas_K]

Embarrassments & isolations



Kya khate hai ye log.

The writer is giving credit to Pakistan for isolating itself repeatedly !

How come any other nation isolate pakistan, they will do it for themselves.

 

[Chinmoy]

I think I mentioned something like this few days back.

China praises Pak's counter terrorism efforts, urges international community to shed 'bias'

http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/i...s-international-community-to-shed-bias/362127

 

[AMCA]

FATF asks Pakistan to come up with new action plan by June 8

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ISLAMABAD: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global terror-financing watchdog, has alerted Pakistan to take concrete steps against groups allegedly linked to Hafiz Saeed to avert possible tough sanctions in June this year.

Pakistan submitted its action plan with the FATF’s Asia Pacific group in a meeting held in Bangkok earlier this week but global body expressed its dissatisfaction, raising objections to take concrete steps against LET, JuD and FIF proscribed by the UN Security Council, revealed one of senior officials who attended this important meeting.

The Bangkok meet asked Pakistan to put a new comprehensive action plan within two weeks, alerting that the country might end up on the blacklist of the countries’ failing to prevent terror financing, he added.

“Yes, FATF seeks new comprehensive action plan from Pakistan,” confirmed Finance Minister Miftah Ismail. “This plan would be submitted with global terror financing watchdog between June 8 and 11,” he told this correspondent on Friday.

They want us to go hard on the LeT, JuD and FIF and other proscribed organisations, the finance minister said that the watchdog wanted comprehensive measures to curb terror financing of such militant groups, he said. “Pakistan’s new action plan would be discussed in Paris meet on June 23,” Finance Minister Miftah Ismail added.

The government submitted its action plan on April 25 in response to FATF’s warning to put Pakistan on countries’ grey-list in February this year, informed officials said. “If the country’s new action plan on fighting terrorism financing does not deliver in June 23 Paris meet, Pakistan may be put on FATF’s black-list which would unnerve the country’s economy,” added one of senior officials who was engaged in preparing Pakistan’s response at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A high-powered delegation was sent to Bangkok for briefing the forum about the steps taken by Islamabad against money laundering and terror financing. “We presented our point of view before all the stakeholders as a last-ditch effort to avoid falling into the grey list by next month — but we were asked to come up with new comprehensive plan, official revealed that “we informed stakeholders that the Finance Bill 2018 and some other piece of laws helped the country to curb money laundering under mutual assistance agreement with OECD and other bilateral countries.”

In its response, Pakistani informed officials said that counterterrorism authorities have launched massive crackdown on three entities linked to Hafiz Muhammad Saeed by freezing their property worth around a million dollars and taking several other serious measures to block their funding.

“[Authorities] confiscated assets (properties) worth Rs96 million of JuD and FIF. The key leaders of the JuD and FIF were declared proscribed pursuant to section 11-EE of Anti-Terrorism Act 1997,” added the official who said authorities updated earlier response in details which was submitted before FATF Paris meet in February this year.

The “JuD and FIF Markaz were taken over by the state by freezing 121 bank accounts under the UNSC Resolution-1267, having deposits of around $100 million. This includes 69 bank accounts containing Rs10.97 million of JuD, LeT and FIF of concerns (19 accounts) and associated individuals (50 accounts),” official revealed that Pakistan has ensured the implementation of UNSC’s resolutions putting LeT, JuD, FIF, ISIS, al-Qaeda and other groups on the terror watch-list.

The individuals linked with LeT, JuD and FIF and declared proscribed offenders under the terror laws include Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Abdullah Ubaid, Malik Zafar Iqbal Shahbaz, Abdul Rehman Abid, and Qazi Kashif Husain, according to the documents accessed by Geo News. Pakistan also established Counter Financing of Terrorism Units (CFTUs) to focus on the financial aspect of the investigation as a core task in money laundering, terrorist financing, assets tracing and other necessary skills. Pakistan's authorities also initiated strict action to prevent collection of hides by such entities, by registering 438 cases against individuals throughout the country in the past six months. Among them 65 cases were registered against individuals associated with the JuD and FIF. Over 18 kiosks, camps, donation boxes and booths of FIF were dismantled and destroyed, read the documents. Pakistan also has frozen accounts of proscribed individuals listed to the 4th Schedule of the ATA, 1997 in accordance with section 11-O of this law. Under this action, 5,094 bank accounts having Rs157.235 million have been frozen, revealed the documents.

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) also developed an e-portal system to launch complaints against the misuse of internet for the purposes of terrorism and the financing of terrorism. Initially, 41 URLs associated with LeT, JuD, FIF have been blocked inside Pakistan thus preventing the entities of concern from raising funds online, the documents revealed. The official documents further revealed that PTA blocked 14 URLs of JuD and FIF to restrict their online fund raising activities. Islamabad also requested France and USA to block these websites at source in their jurisdictions; however, action from their end is still awaited, added the documents. Some 52 secured web pages i.e. web content hosted on “https” protocols (e.g. YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter etc.) were identified by PTA which cannot be blocked at individual URL level rather the whole website has to be shut down.

 

[The Juggernaut]

If the country’s new action plan on fighting terrorism financing does not deliver in June 23 Paris meet, Pakistan may be put on FATF’s black-list which would unnerve the country’s economy”

Will it come to this situation? Will Pakistan salvage itself with grey list only? Pakistan has always been able to run away, it would be quite a shock if they fail in age old expertise, will it be able run away. That is the question.

 

[The Juggernaut]

I can only hope that Pakistan is put on blacklist, that will help a lot on international forums.

 

[sorcerer]

Pakistan to stay on FATF's greylist

Pakistan is certain to stay on the greylist when the next meet of Financial Action Task Force or FATF, an official from FATF member countries told WION on Wednesday.

https://www.wionews.com/videos/pakistan-to-stay-on-fatfs-greylist-222545

 

[cyclops]

Pakistan to stay on FATF's greylist

Pakistan is certain to stay on the greylist when the next meet of Financial Action Task Force or FATF, an official from FATF member countries told WION on Wednesday.

https://www.wionews.com/videos/pakistan-to-stay-on-fatfs-greylist-222545

Muricans won't let pakistan devolve, it is a bridge to Afghanistan, a launchpad to attack Iran and nuclear bulwark against India.