Despite making serious efforts to get rid of the FATF grey list, Pakistan will have to stay on it — at least till February next year. The flip side of the development, however, is that the threat of being relegated to the Paris-based watchdog’s blacklist — which also comprises Iran and South Korea, and which means imposition of global economic sanctions by its 39 member-countries — now clearly appears off the table, as also claimed…
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by Amir Wasim in Dawn, October 25th, 2020ISLAMABAD: The opposition PPP has sought an “explanation” from the government over its “failure” to get Pakistan removed from the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force, but the government has termed the FATF’s “consensus decision” to keep the country on the grey list for another four months a “diplomatic victory” for it. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) alleged that the FATF decision was the result of…
by Raza Habib Raja in The Express Tribune blogs, Oct 24, 2020The writer is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the Maxwell School of Public Affairs, Syracuse UniversityIn 2018, just a few weeks after the formation of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, renowned economist Atif Mian was inducted into the Economic Advisory Council (EAC), which is led by the prime minister. This was an excellent choice from every angle since Mian is a brilliant…
Report in The Frontier Post / October 24, 2020KARACHI: A Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officer has been dismissed from service over the abduction of a trader in Karachi, on Saturday. CTD Sub-Inspector Ijaz Butt was found involved in the abduction of the trader, Majid, for ransom from his house in Nazimabad area of Karachi on June 27. The kidnapping case registered at the Rizvia Police Station after which the CTD officer was suspended. An inquiry, conducted…
report in The Nation, Oct 24, 2020 at 7:22 PMWeb DeskFour terrorists have been killed in an exchange of fire with personnel of Counter Terrorism Department in Dasht area of Mastung district. According to CTD sources, huge cache of arms and explosives including suicide jackets were also recovered from the hideout of terrorists. https://nation.com.pk/24-Oct-2020/four-terrorist-killed-in-mastung-ctd
by Jai Kumar Dhirani in The Nation, Oct 24, 2020Internal factors are creating more unrest in Pakistan as compared to external factors. These power politics between the political parties in this filthy manner becomes a major hurdle in the way of both development and national integration. Since the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) came into power, opposition parties including the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and others have been playing the role of…
by Asif Chaudhry in Dawn, October 24th, 2020LAHORE: Senior police officers in the city are forced to take charge of additional posts due to alleged reluctance of officers to work with the CCPO. Lahore SSP Headquarters Jamil Zafar holds additional charge of five other positions (in addition to his own assignment). He is holding the additional charge of the SSP Operations, SP Security, SP Anti-Riot, SP Dolphin and SP Mobile Squad. The positions of the…
By Sachin Parashar in Times of India, Oct 24, 2020Even while acknowledging “significant progress” made by Pakistan in addressing issues related to terror-financing and money laundering, the global terror watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), on Friday decided to keep the country on its ‘grey’, or ‘increased monitoring’, list. This was mainly due to Pakistan’s failure to address six items, one of which relates to action against UNSC proscribed terrorists like Masood Azhar, in its…
by Barrister Mohsin Nawaz Ranjha in The News, Oct 24, 2020 The writer is a member of the National Assembly and former minister of state for parliamentary affairs. Anti-Terrorism (Third Amendment) Act, 2020: Terror financing is playing a degrading role against the development of the country and is a subject of major threat to the external peace of the country and of allies. This Act enables law-enforcement authorities to use methods like undercover operations, controlled…
by Murtaza Ali Shah in the News, October 24, 2020 LONDON: Former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif’s son Suleman Shahbaz Thursday reiterated Nawaz Sharif’s narrative of civilian supremacy and called for the rule of law in Pakistan. Speaking to the media outside Hasan Nawaz’s office in Stanhope House, he said: “Nawaz Sharif’s narrative is the narrative of civilian and constitutional supremacy. Nawaz Sharif’s narrative is that institutions should work according to the roles defined by…
report in The Express Tribune, Oct 24, 2020 ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Over 100 police officers deployed in the federal capital have been found to be involved in different criminal activities and have been punished for their deeds. This was stated in a report issued by the federal interior ministry on Friday. The report stated that of the 102 Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police officers had been booked in some 72 criminal cases in the city over the…