Watchdogs Press Pakistan on Terror Financing
(WorldNews Asia)

A delegation from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global financial watchdog monitoring terror financing and money laundering, has reportedly expressed dissatisfaction with what it called inadequate measures Pakistan has taken to curb terror financing and fix anti-money-laundering laws. The nine-member delegation of the Asia Pacific Group (APG), an FATF entity that overlooks Asian countries, concluded its 12-day visit to Pakistan on Friday after meeting officials from the country´s ministries of finance and foreign affairs as well as the central bank to assess Pakistan´s progress and compliance with the FATF´s recommendations. In its report presented to Pakistani authorities Friday,...