ISLAMABAD -Pakistan faces Indian diplomatic onslaught over FATF Blacklist.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan referred to India’s efforts as part ofa concerted plan against his country. “We found India was pushing toblacklist us at FATF, and we realised they have an agenda,” he said at theCouncil for Foreign Relations.
Indian PM Modi is lobbying and convasing against Pakistan and recentreference to FATF Blacklist and UNSC listings comes months after Chinafinally withdrew its veto on the sanctions listing of Pakistan-basedJaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, something Beijing had opposed for morethan a decade.
The reference to the FATF is significant, as the global body to counterterror financing will meet in November this year to decide on whetherPakistan should be ‘blacklisted’ for its failure to take credible action.
China has assumed the presidency of the group that works by consensus, andIndia has been keen to see Pakistan, which is on the FATF ‘grey list’ atpresent, face stricter financial scrutiny till it stops terror groupslisted by the UNSC from operating there.
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Earlier in the day, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan referred to India’sefforts at the FATF as part of a concerted plan against his country. “Wefound India was pushing to blacklist us at FATF, and we realised they havean agenda,” he said at the Council for Foreign Relations.
Significantly, the FATF came up at another UN session on Monday, aninformal meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-BuildingMeasures in Asia (CICA), where Indian and Pakistani ministers were present.
Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan stated,“Organisations such as the FATF are engaged in maintaining integrity of theinternational financial system in Asia for combating terror financing.Members of the CICA must continue to support the FATF in its endeavours.”
