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Pakistan likely to be blacklisted; what it means for the country
World | Oct 16, 2019, 10:54 AM ISTThe Asia Pacific Group report — which is set to be reviewed during this week’s task force meeting — said that while Pakistan seized some assets, the amounts seized were very small considering the extent of the money laundering and terrorist financing believed to be going on in the country.
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Isolated by all countries in FATF, Pak may be put in 'Dark Grey' list
World | Oct 14, 2019, 11:59 PM ISTPakistan is on the verge of strong action by the international terror financing watchdog FATF and the country may be put in the 'Dark Grey' list, the last warning to improve.
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FATF: Pakistan in danger of getting blacklisted for terror financing
World | Oct 13, 2019, 04:52 PM ISTAs Financial Action Task Force (FTAF), the global financial watchdog meets on Sunday in Paris, deliberation will be on to decide whether Pakistan should be blacklisted for terrorism financing. Pakistan is already in the 'grey list'. In its meeting on Sunday, FATF will review whether Pakistan has taken measures to curb terror financing.
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European think tank slams Pakistan for being ‘blatantly untruthful’
World | Oct 13, 2019, 09:48 AM ISTStarting Sunday 13 October, representatives from 205 countries and jurisdictions around the world, the IMF, UN, World Bank and other organisations, will meet for FATF Week in Paris, France. Ahead of the meet, European think tank has slammed Pakistan for being blatantly untruthful to international community.
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Pakistan likely to remain in FATF grey list: Think-tank
World | Oct 12, 2019, 08:57 PM ISTAhead of next week's Paris meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a Netherlands-based think-tank has said that despite the scathing indictment by the Asia Pacific Group (APG), Pakistan is likely to remain on FATF's grey list.
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Pakistan arrests 4 aides of Hafiz Saeed ahead of FATF meet
World | Oct 11, 2019, 02:48 PM ISTNext week's Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting will review progress made on controlling terror financing and money laundering by Pakistan.
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India calls for cooperation between FATF, UN to combat terror financin
World | Oct 10, 2019, 11:31 AM ISTSpeaking at a General Assembly Sixth Committee meeting on ‘measures to eliminate international terrorism’, First Secretary/Legal adviser in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Yedla Umasankar on Wednesday called for increased cooperation between the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the UN to combat terror financing.
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Pakistan claims India is trying to push it on FATF blacklist
World | Oct 07, 2019, 11:26 PM ISTPakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday claimed that India was trying to push his country on the blacklist of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
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Pakistan likely to be retained on FATF grey list: Report
World | Oct 07, 2019, 05:40 PM ISTThe chances are high that Pakistan will be retained on the 'grey list' during the FATF's crucial plenary meetings this month as the country has complied with just one the 40 recommendations set by the global anti-money laundering watchdog at the time of the country's inclusion in the list, according to a report by the Asia Pacific Group (APG).
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Pakistan did not take sufficient action against Hafiz Saeed, says FATF
World | Oct 07, 2019, 02:23 PM ISTThe observations are a major blow to Pakistan which faces the threat of being placed under the FATF's "blacklist"
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Pakistan may seek US intervention against tough conditions of FATF, IMF
World | Sep 16, 2019, 05:24 PM ISTCash-strapped Pakistan may seek the intervention of the US for relief from the tough conditions of the FATF and the IMF in lieu of its its services for the peaceful exit of American troops from Afghanistan, according to a media report.
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Pakistan team in Bangkok submits answers to FATF's 125 queries
World | Sep 09, 2019, 10:31 PM ISTPakistan on Monday submitted detailed answers to 125 questions posed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on moves taken by it to strengthen anti-money laundering and combat financing of terrorism, as Islamabad seeks to move out of the FATF Greylist.
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FATF blacklists Pakistan for failing to act on terror funding
News | Aug 23, 2019, 02:42 PM ISTPakistan has suffered another setback at the international stage today as the Asia-Pacific Group of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international anti-money laundering watchdog, has downgraded it and placed it under the list of blacklisted countries.
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BIG BLOW to Imran Khan: FATF blacklists Pakistan for failing to act on terror funding
World | Aug 23, 2019, 02:00 PM ISTIn a big blow to Imran Khan, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has blacklisted Pakistan for failing to act on terror funding and money laundering.
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Pak accuses India of "politicising" deliberations at FATF meeting in US
World | Jun 22, 2019, 09:55 PM ISTIn June last year, the FATF placed Pakistan on the grey list of countries whose domestic laws are considered weak to tackle the challenges of money laundering and terrorism financing.
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Saudi Arabia becomes 1st Arab country to get FATF membership
World | Jun 22, 2019, 04:21 PM ISTSaudi Arabia which had received an invitation from the FATF at the beginning of 2015 to join as an "observer member", was admitted into the organization after the group's meeting in Orlando, Florida, on Friday.
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India asks Pak to address global concerns on terror after FATF slams it
India | Jun 22, 2019, 03:21 PM ISTIndia on Saturday asked Pakistan to address global concerns on terrorism by taking "credible" and "irreversible" steps, after an international body, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), slammed the country for failing to do enough to check terror financing and warned of action if it does not comply with the requirements in four months.
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Pakistan should take credible, irreversible steps against terrorism by September 2019: India
India | Jun 22, 2019, 11:27 AM ISTIn June last year, the FATF placed Pakistan on the grey list of countries whose domestic laws are considered weak to tackle the challenges of money laundering and terrorism financing.
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Pakistan failed to complete its action plan on terror financing: FATF
World | Jun 22, 2019, 08:18 AM ISTIn June last year, the FATF placed Pakistan on the grey list of countries whose domestic laws are considered weak to tackle the challenges of money laundering and terrorism financing.
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US, UK, France voice concern at FATF meet over Pak inaction against Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar: Report
India | Jun 21, 2019, 10:49 PM ISTThe US, the UK and France are some prominent countries to have voiced concern over Pakistan's failure to do enough to contain terror funding in its soil and not registering cases against terror masterminds Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar under anti-terror laws, sources said on Friday.