The Spokesperson of the Foreign Office of Pakistan, Zahid Hafiz Chaudhary has said that Pakistan is willing to proceed towards the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) President to take reasonable action against India, after Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar acknowledged that India tried to politicize the International forum.
Zahid Hafiz further said that we urge FATF to look into the matter and review India as co-chair of the Joint Group for assessing Pakistan in FATF, after the current confession by the Indian government its credibility is subjected to question.
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar confessed on Sunday that India has made sure that Pakistan should remain in Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey-list.The spokesperson also said that Jaishankar’s statement is a further confirmation of India’s attempts to manipulate essential technical international forums for their political agendas against Pakistan.
“Pakistan has been exposing India’s duplicitous role to the international community in the past and it will also bring this recent confession by India to the notice of FATF and the broader international community,” he added.
However, Pakistan had been sincerely connected with FATF on the implementation of its Action Plan but India left no chance to make Pakistan’s progress look doubtful through its immoral means, said Hafiz Chaudhary.
“We are resolved to sustain this momentum and trajectory with the support and cooperation of our international partners. India’s delusions of putting pressure on Pakistan have always remained unfulfilled and would never see the light of day,” he said.
Zahid Hafiz Chaudhary added that despite hurdles and distractions, including politicizing the forum, Pakistan stayed committed to the implementation of technical recommendations of FATF to fulfil its global obligations and commitments.
Aqsa Razzaq is a Master in Sociology, Post graduate Diploma in International Affairs from Punjab University, Lahore. An analyst and a humanitarian working with Khidmat Foundation Pakistan and Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital Lahore.