FATF greylist News

US exit from Afghanistan may help Pakistan to delist itself from FATF greylist China is fully backing Pakistan in FATF grey listing matter FATF grey-listing of Pakistan has caused the damage of around USD 10 billion annually to the country

Pakistan was put on the FATF grey list in June 2018 Greylisting of Pakistan at FATF is causing damage of around $10 billion annually to the country This impacts foreign investment flow in the country impacting the economy

After being greylisted in June 2018, Pakistan was given an action plan with 27 items to improve and bring transparency in its financial system so that money is not used to fund terror As all action plan deadlines have expired and FATF has "strongly urged" Islamabad to swiftly complete its full action plan by Feb 2021 Once it completes all the action plans, an on-site visit by the FATF team will decide if action plans have indeed been implemented

The FATF, which is the global watchdog for terror financing and money laundering, has also directed Pakistan to take ‘extra measures’ aimed at ‘complete’ elimination of terror financing and money laundering, reported leading Pakistani news website Dawn.

Notably, the Asia/Pacific Group (APG) subgroup has already recommended that Islamabad should be blacklisted due to its poor compliance on measures to tackle terror.