India, June 26 -- A geo-political expert said Pakistan has left a loophole deliberately in the small saving schemes to help terrorist groups, many of whom enjoy the patronage of the state, to dodge the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) scrutiny.

Fabien Baussart wrote in his blog post published in the Times of Israel: "Small savings in Pakistan generate over Rs 4 trillion in over seven million accounts held by individuals, equal to 28 percent of all bank deposits. The possibility of terrorist groups and individuals holding these accounts remains quite high, given the number of terror groups and cadres in Pakistan.

"By Prime Minister Imran Khan's own admission, a couple of years ago Pakistan was home to over 40000 terrorists."

"For the ...