#FATF issues a final warning to Pakistan that it risks blacklisting if it doesn't fulfill requirements to fight terrorist financing by Feb 2020
The major uphill task Pakistan faces is to prove that it genuinely is severing ties with Islamist militants and deny them resources to build assets, business and make money. #FATF
"The main challenge for Pakistan is to convince the FATF that it is taking complete and irreversible steps against terrorist financing," Michael Kugelman, deputy director Asia Program at the Wilson Center. #FATF
"My sense is that Pakistan has taken very real steps against terrorist financing, but so long as the state retains ties to militant groups, concerns will remain within FATF about Islamabad's genuine commitment to act conclusively," Kugelman said. #FATF
Pakistani author and analyst Ayesha Siddiqa @iamthedrifter says Pakistan was unlikely to completely abandon militant proxies any time soon. #FATF
@iamthedrifter "I would start believing when JeM infrastructure gets downsized, its leader Masud Azhar is publicly arrested and put on trial," Siddiqa said.
"With Afghanistan still brewing, I don't think we are close to cleaning our house." #FATF
"With Afghanistan still brewing, I don't think we are close to cleaning our house." #FATF
