FATF to be given dossier to blacklist Pak for terror links
A dossier, nailing the culpability of Pakistan in the terror attack in Pulwama, will be given to the FATF, an international terror financing watchdog, to expose the neighbouring country’s links with terrorism and seeking its blacklisting, officials said on Saturday.
Security agencies are preparing the dossier with the evidence gathered so far related to the attack carried out by Pakistan-based Jaish-eMohammad and the help being provided to the outfit by the country, they said.
This will be a dossier on Pakistani agencies’ links with the JeM and how the terror group is being aided by them, a security official said. The details of the terror attacks carried out by the JeM in the past will be mentioned in the document.
The Paris-headquartered Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will also be told via
Security agencies are preparing the dossier with the evidence gathered so far related to the JeM attack and the help being provided to the outfit by Pak. It will be a dossier on Pakistani agencies’ links with the JeM and how the terror group is being aided by them, said officials.
the dossier how the Pak agencies are providing funds to the JeM, the official said.
In the next meeting of the FATF, India will also press for the blacklisting of Pakistan so that the action can be taken against the country, another official said.
The FATF plenary and working group meetings will be held in Paris next week.
The FATF blacklist means the country concerned is “non-cooperative” in the global fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. If the FATF blacklists Pakistan, it may lead to downgrading of the country by multilateral lenders like IMF, World Bank, ADB, EU and a reduction in risk rating by Moodys, S&P and Fitch.
Pakistan has been put on the grey list of the anti-terror finance watchdog in July 2018. The FATF has 35 members and two regional organisations, European Commission and Gulf Cooperation Council. North Korea and Iran are on the FATF blacklist.