Pak continues to remain in FATF ‘Grey List’ over LeT, JeM funding

TIL Desk/World/Beijing/ The global terror financing watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), on Wednesday decided to keep Pakistan in the ‘Grey List’ as it has failed to check flow of money to terror groups like the LeT and the JeM, officials said.

The decision was taken at the FATF’s third and final plenary held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The plenary was held under the Chinese Presidency of Xiangmin Liu. “The FATF plenary decided continuation of Pakistan in ‘Grey List’ till its next meeting to be held in October,” an official privy to the development told .

The decision has been taken as Pakistan has failed to check flow of money to terror groups like Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), the official said. The FATF decision comes on a day the United States Country Reports on Terrorism slammed Pakistan as a safe harbour for ‘regionally focused terrorist groups’ and allowing LeT and JeM to operate from its soil.