In advance of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary meeting, Pakistan has rejected a malign campaign by Indian media, according to ARY News on Thursday.
In response to inquiries from the media over different news items released by Indian media before to the FATF plenary meeting, FO spokesperson Asim Iftikhar stated, “We categorically reject the orchestrated hostile campaign against Pakistan by Indian media.”
“This is not the first time the Indian media has been fed through government leaks to push false, falsified, and misinformation against Pakistan right before the official FATF meetings,” the statement read.
The spokesperson added that Pakistan’s efforts to strengthen its anti-money laundering and counter-terror financing regime have been continuously recognised by the FATF and the larger international community.
Asim Iftikhar continued, “FATF agreed in its June 2022 Plenary meeting that Pakistan had fully completed all substantive and procedural requirements of both its 2018 and 2021 Action Plans. This was in spite of India’s feverish attempts to politicise the process and cast doubt on Pakistan’s efforts and accomplishments.
“India is urgently trying to propagate its evil goals through a typical disinformation effort after realising that there are no takers for its aspersions within FATF. Pakistan has alerted FATF to this ongoing fraudulent activity, he continued.
The spokesperson claimed that Indian state-run media and media outlets are unreliable because they spread false information. Their narrative is sick and unjustified in its opposition to Pakistan. If anything, these antics simply serve to highlight the duplicitous motives of its funders and the false credentials of Indian media,” he said in his conclusion.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is meeting in Paris today to discuss Pakistan’s efforts on the Action Plan against terrorism financing and crimes to exit grey list.
Pakistan is likely to exit the FATF’s infamous grey list after a period of four years as it has successfully complied with the 34-points action plan related to terror financing and money laundering.
