RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said Pakistan’s completion of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML /CFT) action plans was a great achievement.
In a tweet, the director general Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the army chief said it was a monumental effort paving the way for whitelisting.
“Core cell at the GHQ which steered the national effort and civil – military team which synergised implementation of the action plan made it possible, making Pakistan proud,” the COAS said.
Completion of FATF AML /CFT action plans by Pak is a great achievement. A monumental effort paving way 4 whitelisting. “Core cell @ GHQ which steered the national effort & civil – military team which synergised implementation of action plan made it possible, making Pak proud”COAS
— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) June 17, 2022
On June 18, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had commended relevant persons and institutions in synergizing efforts for being removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list.
The prime minister had telephoned Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and congratulated him on this all important achievement.
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PM Shehbaz Sharif had praised the army chief in establishing the core cell at the General Headquarters (GHQ) “which steered the national effort & civil-military team which synergized implementation of action plan made it possible.”
The FATF announced that Pakistan has substantially completed two action plans and would be removed from the grey list after it passes the on-site visit.
According to Foreign Office, the global watchdog reviewed Pakistan’s progress on FATF Action Plans in its plenary meetings held in Berlin. The FATF has approved an on-site visit to Pakistan in October as a final step to exiting from the grey list.
The FATF members congratulated Pakistan for completing both Action Plans covering 34 items, and especially on the early completion of the 2021 Action Plan in a record timeframe.
The Pakistan delegation, which attended FATF Plenary meetings in Berlin, was led by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar.
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