‘Pakistan’s name to be removed from FATF’s grey list in next Sept’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s name would hopefully be removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list in coming September as the government is trying to fulfill all requirements in that regard, said Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, Federal Minister for Information Friday.
Replying to a question on a private TV channel, the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan is trying to fulfill all the requirements till May this year. The minister said the present government was implementing National Action Plan (NAP) in letter and spirit which was being appreciated on national and international level.
The previous governments of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party had failed to implement NAP during their tenures, he added.
Replying to a question, he opined that opposition leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and co-chairman of PPP Asif Ali Zardari were taken fully on board regarding actions against banned outfits.
Fawad Hussain said the government wanted to bring these organizations in main stream economically, politically and administratively.
He said increasing salaries of members of provincial assembly in Punjab was not an issue but increasing the incentives of chief minister, speaker, chief secretary and Inspector General of Punjab police was unacceptable because it was against the austerity drive of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s government.
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