Virtual FATF plenary will take place from 21-23 October. China is expected to bat for Pakistan to come off ‘grey list’, while India pushes for blacklisting.
India is likely to go through its FATF country assessment early next year. Some issues could prove a sticking point, including demonetisation and crackdown on shell firms.
Pakistan President Arif Alvi called the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament Wednesday evening after Senate rejected the Anti-Terrorism Act (amendment) Bill, 2020.
If Pakistan fails to comply with the FATF directive by October, there is every possibility the global body may put it in the blacklist along with North Korea and Iran.
Financial Action Task Force is a global money laundering & terrorist financing watchdog that sets international standards to prevent illegal activities.
Of the terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir this year, 77 were local recruits and 10 were foreign terrorists, according to data maintained by security forces.
Pakistan has to work on FATF’s 27-point action plan to come out of the ‘grey list’, but India believes it is still financing terror amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
For Pakistan, the grey list is better than the black list, especially when the country’s intent is not to shut down the jihad completely, not any time soon.
Looking to showcase its performance on convictions and property seizures, the Enforcement Directorate is preparing for FATF’s anti-money laundering audit.
Increasingly, lenders have stepped in where equity funding has slowed amid global market volatility. But instead of helping startups, they end up extracting a pound of flesh that outlasts the crisis itself.
Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.
At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
I appreciate your show and the extensive breakdown you bring in your show. But keeping in respect of neutral journalism, I would like to really emphasize that you should also acknowledge the fact that Pakistan under the leadership of Imran Khan where all the opposition was against the anti-terror finance and several bills to complete these tasks. Being a finance student and a Pakistani, I have personally experienced how hard the government has worked to cope up with such challenges and would really love to see that point of appreciation being raised as well with all the constructive critism coming in as well.
It is a miracle how Pakistan has so much support from international countries that have been quick to ‘slam’ India so many times for taking actions in our internal matters.
While Malaysia and Turkey are not of much concern except for clandestine funding of terror groups and NGOs abetting in terrorism in India, it is important to tread carefully with the United States. A plausible Democrat victory in the United States will have serious ramifications for India’s foreign policy; not only vis-a-vis its diplomatic pivot to the West but also across Asia.
The first casualty of Biden-Harris would be The Quad. There is a high chance that Japan will be dissuaded from engaging with us in military cooperation and much of the Quad’s barb will be blunted. A Harris-led foreign policy will heavily lean towards China and anti-India elements, especially the radical Islamist factions, that form a crucial Democrat vote bank. Apart from political compulsions, Harris’ left-liberal, Baptist orientation is going to play a major part in shaping the incoming administration’s foreign policy in Washington.
As the world heads towards a headless power struggle situation, it is crucial that the policymakers sitting in the MEA and ONSA start to marry India’s foreign policy with the national security outlook. This ought to have been done a long time back. However, better to be late than never.
I appreciate your show and the extensive breakdown you bring in your show. But keeping in respect of neutral journalism, I would like to really emphasize that you should also acknowledge the fact that Pakistan under the leadership of Imran Khan where all the opposition was against the anti-terror finance and several bills to complete these tasks. Being a finance student and a Pakistani, I have personally experienced how hard the government has worked to cope up with such challenges and would really love to see that point of appreciation being raised as well with all the constructive critism coming in as well.
Peace and love from your follower in Pakistan,
It is a miracle how Pakistan has so much support from international countries that have been quick to ‘slam’ India so many times for taking actions in our internal matters.
While Malaysia and Turkey are not of much concern except for clandestine funding of terror groups and NGOs abetting in terrorism in India, it is important to tread carefully with the United States. A plausible Democrat victory in the United States will have serious ramifications for India’s foreign policy; not only vis-a-vis its diplomatic pivot to the West but also across Asia.
The first casualty of Biden-Harris would be The Quad. There is a high chance that Japan will be dissuaded from engaging with us in military cooperation and much of the Quad’s barb will be blunted. A Harris-led foreign policy will heavily lean towards China and anti-India elements, especially the radical Islamist factions, that form a crucial Democrat vote bank. Apart from political compulsions, Harris’ left-liberal, Baptist orientation is going to play a major part in shaping the incoming administration’s foreign policy in Washington.
As the world heads towards a headless power struggle situation, it is crucial that the policymakers sitting in the MEA and ONSA start to marry India’s foreign policy with the national security outlook. This ought to have been done a long time back. However, better to be late than never.
Modi should be held accountable regarding Indian land occupied by China rather than crowing about efforts against much smaller Pakistan !!