Lahore, Feb. 18 (TNS): Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal says pressure tactics like motion for putting Pakistan on Financial Action Task Force watch list will negatively impact Islamabad’s efforts against terrorism.
Talking to the media in Lahore, he said it seemed that the West wanted to pressurize Pakistan to achieve certain objectives, so it is pushing to place the country’s on FATF watch-list.
A global anti-money-laundering watchdog begins a week-long plenary session in Paris on Sunday to review proposals that include putting Pakistan back on a list of countries which have failed to prevent terrorist financing.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an intergovernmental organisation founded in 1989 to develop policies to combat money laundering, but after 9/11 it focuses more on preventing terrorist financing.
The FATF announced on Saturday that the Feb 18-23 meetings would discuss important issues to protect the integrity of the global financial system and contribute to security. Over 700 delegates from the FATF global network, as well as the United Nations, International Monetary Fund, World Bank and other partners, will attend the meetings.
