Only politics can keep Pakistan on FATF grey list: Foreign Office

Foreign Office

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Friday that Pakistan had fully complied with the conditions laid down by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for exiting its ‘grey list’ and suggested that only political considerations of the members of the illicit financing watchdog can hold it back in that category.

“In the context of FATF, we have faithfully complied with and completed all technical requirements and hope that the outcome would be in the positive direction,” FO spokesman Asim Iftikhar said at the weekly media briefing.

However, while underscoring that Pakistan as a “responsible country” does not publicly comment on FATF’s processes, he cautioned that “there are issues of politicisation by some countries, and that remains a problem”.

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