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Pakistan to Remain on FATF’s Grey List

ISLAMABAD: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided to maintain Pakistan’s status on its  grey list  of countries.

The country has remained in the list as it has been unable to comply with six of the 27 points in the global terror financing and money laundering watchdog’s action plan.

The Paris-based global watchdog for curbing terror financing and money laundering held its virtual plenary session from October 21 to 23 and reviewed Pakistan’s progress on the 27-point action plan.

Addressing press conference through video link, FATF President Dr Marcus Player said that once the remaining six conditions are fulfilled, an “on site visit” will be approved under which a team from the FATF will visit the country for the next review. He said that the new deadline for Pakistan to fulfil the remaining conditions is February 2021.

The FATF president went on to say that as long as Pakistan can be seen progressing and fulfilling the requirements, it will be given a chance. Two countries, Iceland and Mongolia, were also removed from the FATF’s “black list”.

The statement added that Pakistan needed to work on four areas to address its strategic deficiencies, including by demonstrating that law enforcement agencies (LEAs) are identifying and investigating the widest range of TF (terrorist financing) activity and that TF investigations and prosecutions target designated persons and entities, and those acting on behalf or at the direction of the designated persons or entities.”