Pakistan, July 10 -- Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator A Rehman Malik on Thursday wrote a letter to Marshall Billingslea, president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), pleading him to either permanently remove the name of Pakistan from the grey list of FATF, or, extend further grace period of one year in wake of coronavirus outbreak to enable the country to exercise "our full potential against the pandemic". He also thanked him for giving a relief of five months grace period to Pakistan for submission of response on FATF observations.

Senator A. Rehman Malik has expressed that he would also draw your [FATF's President] attention towards his earlier letter on 14th February 2019 and to its response on 18th Febru...