Thread by @Manik_M_Jolly

Near Bankruptcy and Financial Desperation Leads Pakistan to admit presence of #Dawood , #Azhar , #Lakhvi , #Hafiz and other terrorists on its soil. No one should confuse this with some moral awakening or righteous epiphany on part of #Pakistan or @ImranKhanPTI. This declaration..

..comes on the heels of Pak being snubbed by #Saudi for funds and #MBS’s insistence that Pak should pay its dues. Immediately after that we saw Pak’s FM visiting China to get some stop gap financial solution.
Pakistan is on ‘Grey List’ of FATF ( Financial Action Task Force)..

..and has been avoiding getting ‘Black listed’ because the head of FATF has been Xiangmkn Liu of, guess where, China ! However, since 1st July 2020, Marcus Pleyer of Germany took over as President of #FATF. Pakistan’s friends are not sitting at head of table now. The time ..

..given to Pak to ‘mend its ways’ was extended from June to September 2020 due to global Corona epidemic. Hence, if the FATF does not find Pak government taking action on terror hubs and networks on its own territory, it’ll be surely Black Listed. And that closes doors to ..

..any aid, grant, loans etc that Pak has been receiving endlessly since decades. This would’ve been the most important piece of advice China would’ve given Pak that its time to come clean and the action against terror networks if it wants fundings to flow. The terror factory ..

..doesn’t sit will with China also as it has billions deployed on ground in CPEC and it would never want its investment held hostage by some gun toting Jihadis whom Pak nurtured and now fails to control. It’s good for India because action on these terror networks by Pak..

..means their financial assets, bank accounts etc will be frozen and that might give a temporary break in cross border terrorism. However, we shouldn’t count too much on it. Coz the real decision makers in Pak, the Army and ISI, are in cahoots with all terror networks and they..

..would never obliterate them totally. They need them badly for their anti India agenda and action. It’s on FATF now on how strongly it can force Pakistan to take action against terrorists living and prospering right on the middle of its house.