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Update of FATF Meeting: Outcomes FATF Plenary, 21-23 February 2018

@The SC @Chinese-Dragon @xenon54

Thanks, again :tup:

US tried intimidation tactics, as our relations have been soured...They tried to put us on that list...

I lost respect from them, today.

@T-Rex

What should be our next move? as we clearly should not sit on our asses and let Americans throw whatever they want.

There must be some kinda counter strategy

The only thing they have not yet done against Pakistan is naked armed invasion. So what is the point behind appeasing this hostile power by not testing an ICBM that can reach the US mainland? A stitch in time saves nine but corrupt Pakistani leaders don't know this and Pakistan will regret this one day. What has happened to NK ? Nothing, matter of fact, the ICBM test has made the US generals realise that it is not going to be like the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan.
 
Kamran Khan‏Verified account @AajKamranKhan
Miftah Ismail,Pakistan’s point man at the FATF,just confirmed in ( DKKKS) that Pakistan is already in FATF Grey list of nations suspected of Terror Finance Pakistan must exhibit sustained actions till June to stay in Grey List failing which FATF could blacklist Pakistan in June

8:31 PM - 23 Feb 2018

Kamran Yousaf‏ @Kamran_Yousaf 52m52 minutes ago
Kamran Yousaf Retweeted Mosharraf Zaidi

Decision has been taken to place Pakistan on 'grey list' from June. Pakistan now submits its plan of action before FATF in May. The FATF will approve Pakistan's road map in June and make formal announcement. That's the protocol I am told by a person who attended the Paris moot.
 
Feb. 23, 2018 10:51 a.m. ET

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Saudi Arabia has backed down under pressure from the U.S. and allowed Pakistan to be placed on an international terror-financing watch list, officials from countries involved in the decision said Friday, dealing a blow to the country’s struggling economy.

The Financial Action Task Force’s decision to put Pakistan on a list of countries with lax controls over terror financing and money laundering is part of a push by the Trump administration to punish Islamabad over what it sees as inaction against terrorists operating on its soil. Last month, Washington announced it was withholding $2 billion in security assistance.

Pakistan says it has carried out successful counterterrorism operations, leaving no militant safe havens on its territory, and that it believes the U.S. move is political and will undermine its ability to take further action.

The country’s inclusion on the list will make the country’s borrowing more expensive, require greater scrutiny for international banking transactions and add red tape for exporters. It could also damage the prospect for foreign direct investment, just as Pakistan is seeking to remake its international image as a “normal” country and a destination for business.

At the meeting of the secretive body in Paris, Saudi Arabia joined China and Turkey on Tuesday to vote down the U.S-led proposal to put Pakistan on the watch list, in a rare disagreement with the Trump administration. Saudi Arabia was representing the Gulf Co-operation Council block of six Persian Gulf nations.

In an unusual move, Washington pushed a second vote on the issue, after leaning on Saudi Arabia. In the final vote, Saudi Arabia didn’t support Pakistan, according to officials from countries in the task force. That meant Islamabad no longer had the required number of countries on its side to block a nomination.

China, which has moved closer to Pakistan with a $55 billion investment program, didn’t support Pakistan either in the final vote. Beijing didn’t immediately comment.

For the first time we’re holding Pakistan accountable for its actions. We’ve seen modest progress in terms of Pakistan’s actual acknowledgment of these concerns, but the president is not satisfied with progress when it comes to Pakistan,” White House spokesman Raj Shah said Thursday.

There was no immediate comment from Saudi Arabia, but the country is a close partner for Pakistan as well as the U.S. This month, Pakistan said it would send up to 1,600 soldiers to Saudi Arabia for training and advising.

Pakistan said it believed that lobbying from archrival India also worked against it at the task force meeting, which ends Friday.
“I think Pakistan put up a very strong case. We were confident,” said Rana Afzal Khan, Pakistan’s deputy finance minister. “This is Indian-sponsored.” There was no immediate comment from New Delhi.

Washington denied earlier this week that it was acting in conjunction with India. The U.S. proposal was co-sponsored by the U.K., and also joined by Germany and France, according to Pakistan.

Although the task force decided to add Pakistan to the list, the process of implementing the decision means Islamabad won’t be officially named until the summer.

In the days before the meeting, Pakistan began a crackdown on Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the militant group blamed by the United Nations for the 2008 attack on the Indian city of Mumbai, which killed 166 people. Pakistan said it had seized some 200 properties belonging to the group and passed a law to ban it—10 years after the U.N. proscribed the outfit.

The sessions of the task force—which includes 27 members, though some are groupings of countries—are held in private, with countries meant to maintain the confidentiality of the discussions. An official statement is issued only at the end of the proceedings.

“Thank you Turkey for standing with Pakistan against all odds & proving that we are one. We are proud to have a brother like you,” a post on the Twitter account of Ahsan Iqbal, the Pakistani Interior Minister, said.

Washington accuses Pakistan’s military of supporting jihadist groups, like Jamaat-ud-Dawa against India, and says the Taliban, and the allied Haqqani network, use Pakistan as a safe haven. Pakistan says the Taliban doesn’t need sanctuary in Pakistan, as so much Afghanistan territory is in its control, and has urged peace talks with the insurgent group.

Pakistan has received some $33 billion in U.S. aid since 2001, according to Washington.

—Ian Talley in Washington contributed to this article.

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/wi...nce-list-1519401064?__twitter_impression=true


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So our so called iron brother China backed out and Suadi Arab backed out from supporting Pakistan.
 
Kamran Khan‏Verified account @AajKamranKhan
Miftah Ismail,Pakistan’s point man at the FATF,just confirmed in ( DKKKS) that Pakistan is already in FATF Grey list of nations suspected of Terror Finance Pakistan must exhibit sustained actions till June to stay in Grey List failing which FATF could blacklist Pakistan in June

8:31 PM - 23 Feb 2018
Bhai please stop posting this idiot Kamran Khan Pakistan is not on the list.

He is just trying to save his face.

http://www.fatf-gafi.org/publicatio...documents/public-statement-february-2018.html
 
Mate I would still wait, too much confusion created by the news outlets, either the Pakistani government is hiding the news due to embarrassment or disinformation campaign by vested interests, lets see
 
Mate I would still wait, too much confusion created by the news outlets, either the Pakistani government is hiding the news due to embarrassment or disinformation campaign by vested interests, lets see
This news is from WSJ. And read Wajhat tweet you need more proof only Pakistani media is making us fool.
 
How desperate are you indian dogs. Give it a rest. you lost. @BHarwana this indian is still in denial mode
 
MC open the link, the tweet is of morning you sh!t head! everything was speculation in morning based on your sh!ty media!
Miftah Ismail,Pakistan’s point man at the FATF,just confirmed in ( DKKKS) that Pakistan is already in FATF Grey list of nations suspected of Terror Finance Pakistan must exhibit sustained actions till June to stay in Grey List failing which FATF could blacklist Pakistan in June

9:31 AM - 23 Feb 2018
 

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