DNA
\nISLAMABAD
\nMinister for Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar, who led a Pakistani delegation during three-day talks with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Beijing, said on Saturday the government has worked \u201cvery hard\u201d to get the country off the watchdog\u2019s grey list.
\nTaking to Twitter, he said: \u201cIt is premature to comment\/ speculate on the decision that FATF members shall take in the plenary in Feb.\u201d\u201dPak Authorities have worked very hard over the months & I feel we have made significant progress in our AML\/CFT efforts.
\nWe remain committed to sustaining this momentum.\u201d The minister expressed the optimism that attempts by \u201ccertain quarters to politicise the FATF proceedings would be rejected.\u201d
\nIt is premature to comment\/ speculate on the decision that FATF members shall take in the plenary in Feb.
\nPak Authorities have worked very hard over the months & I feel we have made significant progress in our AML\/CFT efforts. We remain committed to sustaining this momentum. 1\/2
\nWe also hope the attempts by certain quarters to politicise the FATF proceedings would be rejected. 2\/2 Separately, sources told ARY News that the FATF has given the government until March 31 to achieve targets set by the watchdog. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DNA ISLAMABAD Minister for Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar, who led a Pakistani delegation during three-day talks with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Beijing, said on Saturday the government has worked \u201cvery hard\u201d to get the country off the watchdog\u2019s grey list. Taking to Twitter, he said: \u201cIt is premature to comment\/ speculate on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"\n