Tag: Financial Action Task Force

Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court issues arrest warrant for JeM chief Masood Azhar
7Jan By Yusara AskariNo Comments
Asia

Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court issues arrest warrant for JeM chief Masood Azhar

Just ahead of the global terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting, an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for Jaish-e-Mohmmad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar.The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Gujranwala issued the warrant during a hearing in a terror financing case instituted by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab police against some members of the JeM.“ATC Gujranwala judge Natasha Naseem Supra issued an arrest warrant for Masood Azhar and directed the CTD to arrest him and present him in the court. The CTD told the judge the JeM chief was involved in terror financing and selling jihadi literature,” an official said.He said the ATC judge issued the arrest warrant for Azhar on the request of a CTD inspector.This comes ahead of
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Indian agencies call out Pakistan’s bluff on Dawood, to take up matter in FATF meet
11Sep By Nectar GanNo Comments
Politics

Indian agencies call out Pakistan’s bluff on Dawood, to take up matter in FATF meet

Pakistan’s claims on most-wanted Dawood Ibrahim and 26/11-accused Zakir-ur-Rehman Lakhvi have been called out by Indian intelligence agencies.India now has evidence that Pakistan never mentioned the facts in any official document till August 18, 2020. Agencies state that the 2020 Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) is the first time Dawood's details have been published by Pakistan, sources said.An examination of the technical back-end of the 2015 and 2019 SROs shows that it was uploaded later and back-dated."The move puts Pakistan in the dock as the sovereign country is lying. The evidence will be put forth by India in the upcoming FATF (Financial Action Task Force) meet in September," sources said.If what Pakistan claims as per the information provided previously was true, then it would have
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Why India revoked Kashmir’s special status one-year ago
28Aug By Stuart WhiteNo Comments
Opinion

Why India revoked Kashmir’s special status one-year ago

A year ago, on August 5, Indian President Ram Nath Kovind revoked Article 370 of the Indian constitution which protected Kashmir’s special status and in order to dissuade protests, Indian security forces imposed a curfew on Kashmir.Both Pakistan and many human rights groups reacted with outrage. Electronic billboards in Islamabad ticked off the days, hours, and minutes since India had imposed a curfew, never mind the hypocrisy of Pakistan as it did the same to Gilgit-Baltistan. Meanwhile, human rights groups’ consistent refusal to recognize that an end to terrorism is a precursor to rights improvement blunted their moral authority.Prior to India’s decision to change Kashmir’s status, Pakistan-based terrorists regularly crossed into Kashmir and India, more broadly, to attack both security a
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## Pitiful state of Pakistan ##
26Aug By Stuart WhiteNo Comments
Business, Opinion, Politics

## Pitiful state of Pakistan ##

In July 2018, Pakistan was accused by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) of not doing enough to counter terrorism and subsequently was put on FATF’s grey list. It is only after FATF’s approval that millions of dollars in grants and aid are given to countries combating terrorism.The next session of FATF, which has seen delays due to COVID 19 pandemic, is due again shortly. Pakistan’s recent admission and subsequent denial of designated global terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, who is accused by India of the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb attacks that claimed the lives of more than 250 and wounded 900 innocent civilians, is testimony to the pitiful state Pakistan has got herself into. Not only that, this demonstrates Prime minister Imran Khan’s desperation for seeking financial aid (admitting that Dawoo
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India set to highlight Pakistan’s inaction in upcoming FATF meet
21Aug By Nectar GanNo Comments
Politics

India set to highlight Pakistan’s inaction in upcoming FATF meet

Pakistan, which was already troubled by Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) decision to keep the Islamic nation in the Grey list, is in a bit of a predicament because now, Indian agencies have planned to highlight its inaction in the Pulwama, 26/11 Mumbai attack and Daniel Pearl murder cases when the task force meets for its next plenary in October.“The Pakistani establishment has to prove that it is serious about dismantling the terror-funding infrastructure, which is possible only by ensuring that cases against the key figures and organizations involved in raising funds and masterminding terror attacks attain finality and such elements are punished. Given that no such concrete steps are being taken, we need to flag the issue,” said a government official.A deadline looms over Pakistan an
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