India to push FATF to re-include Pakistan in its ‘grey list’

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India will send a dossier to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) before its plenary meeting in June to push for the re-inclusion of Pakistan in its ‘grey list’ of countries that are subject to increased scrutiny, The Hindu has learnt. The government will also oppose further World Bank funding to Pakistan.

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Pakistan was included in the grey list in 2018 and removed in 2022.

“India will send a dossier to the FATF about including Pakistan in the terror grey list again,” a government official said. “In 2022, Pakistan was removed from the list and one of the conditions was that it would enact an anti-terror law. That law hasn’t come, so the FATF itself has enough reason to put Pakistan back on the list. India’s dossier will add to this.”

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In addition, the World Bank is likely to discuss in June a $20 billion funding package for Pakistan, which, too, India will “strongly oppose”, the official said.