Pakistan held key meeting with FATF officials in China

KARACHI: Pakistan held a key meeting with FATF officials in China over theimplementation report.

A 10-member Pakistani delegation has presented its implementation report tothe Asia-Pacific Joint Group (APG) at a face-to-face meeting Guangzhou,China with officials of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) regionalaffiliate.

The delegation led by Finance and Revenue Secretary Mohammad Younas Daghahas informed the APG about Pakistan’s measures to stop terror financing andmoney laundering.

The delegation apprised the APG about measures taken at airports and landand sea border check-posts to curtail currency smuggling.

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The delegation also informed the group about Pakistan’s efforts to curtailactivities of banned terrorist outfits and stop monetary transactionslinked to them.

Led by the finance secretary, the 10-member delegation defending Pakistan’sefforts against money laundering and terror financing includes officialsform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Counter Terrorism Authority(NACTA), Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU), Ministry of Interior, FederalBoard of Revenue (FBR), State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Securities andExchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), and the Federal InvestigationAgency (FIA).