*PARIS/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has achieved huge diplomatic victory today asthe Financial Action Task Force FATF has finally revealed the outcome ofits session. Pakistan is not included in the FATF counter terrorismfinancial watchlist. US and Allies have failed to put Pakistan on thewatchlist. ** Contrary to speculations, Pakistan doesn’t feature on thewatchlist of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global money-launderingwatchdog.*
Earlier in the day, there were speculations that FATF has placed Pakistanback on its terrorist financing watchlist.
However, FATF has finally announced outcome after a week-long sessionconcluded in Paris today. The outcome, announced on FATF’s officialwebsite, doesn’t carry Pakistan’s names.
Pakistan was previously on the FATF watchlist from 2012 to 2015.