No law ever saw such unprecedented amendments: MLA act restricted to FATF requirements
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: The Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) Act, which was unanimously passed by Parliament by incorporating massive amendments on the recommendations of the two major opposition parties, has restricted it to terrorism financing and money laundering crimes, falling in the scope of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). A close reading of innumerable changes inserted in the act, which went totally unnoticed, unreported in the print and electronic outlets, showed that offences of political nature and corruption were taken out of the purview of the new law that were previously included in it. “This act shall not be applicable to any offence of a political nature unless directly linked to a...