New Delhi, May 13 -- The year 2019 saw the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approve a $6 billion bailout for Pakistan while the country was grey-listed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for allowing terror financing. The IMF thus helped stabilize a government under worldwide observation for harbouring extremist groups.

This, barely months after the Pulwama attack that claimed the lives of 40 Indian troops (an action linked to Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad). India insisted on affixing responsibility for the carnage, while the global financial system swung the other way, giving balance-of-payments measurements priority over the blood-stained reality of Pakistan's links with terror operations.

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