Imran Khan praises Hammad, others for implementing FATF action plan
Pakistan
Imran Khan said FATF declares Pakistan’s action plan complete on PTI report
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan said on Friday that his government not only saved Pakistan from being blacklisted but also completed 32 out of 34 action plans and his government submitted a compliance report on the remaining two items in April, on the basis of which the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has now declared Pakistan’s action plan complete.
The former prime minister in a series of Tweets after global money laundering and terror financing watchdog’s decision to retain Pakistan on its grey list despite implementing all action plan, said that Pakistan was nominated for grey listing by FATF in Feb 2018 and had to complete the most challenging action plan ever given to any jurisdiction.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) June 17, 2022
He said, “When my government took over, we faced dire prospect of Blacklisting by that body. Our past compliance history with FATF was also not favourable.”
He wrote, “I constituted a FATF Coordination Committee headed by key minister Hammad Azhar. The committee had representation from all government departments & security agencies relevant to our FATF action plan. The officers worked day & night in the first instance to avoid blacklisting.”
Imran Khan said, “FATF repeatedly praised work & the political will my govt demonstrated. We not only averted blacklisting, but also completed 32 out of 34 action items. We submitted compliance report on remaining 2 items in April based on which FATF now declared Pak s Action Plan as completed.”
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) June 17, 2022
“I am confident that prerequisite onsite visit of FATF team to confirm completed work on our action plan will pass successfully too,” he said adding that Hammad Azhar, members of his FATF coordination committee & officers who worked on this task performed exceptionally well. The whole country is proud of you.
