New York, Sept. 17 -- Islamabad:After a series of defeats in Senate, Pakistan government on Wednesday pushed all pending legislations on terror financing linked to FATF compliance through a joint session of parliament amid loud protests and a walkout by Opposition members.
The Imran Khan government's desperate move is part of efforts to get Pakistan out of the Financial Action Task Force's 'grey list' and to prevent it from going further down to a 'black list'. The global watchdog on terror financing and money laundering is set to review Pakistan's compliance in October, reports Hindustan Times.
FATF put Pakistan on the grey list in June 2018 and asked Islamabad to implement a plan of action by the end of 2019, but the deadline was extend...