Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that India wants to use the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) platform "for political purposes" and that India should not be allowed to use the platform for political purposes. In a statement, Pakistan's foreign minister said, "FATF is a technical forum that should not be used to settle political issues."
Keep in mind that Pakistan is included in the grey list countries and the government of Pakistan is waiting for relief from FATF. But the matter seems to be complicated by this statement of the Foreign Minister. In the meeting to be held on June 25, it will be decided whether Pakistan should be kept on the grey list for now or not.
The opinion of many experts and analysts in Pakistan indicates that Pakistan will be kept on the grey list after giving some relief, as has been happening in the FATF meetings in the past as well. However, the final announcement has to be made by the FATF itself.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's statement on India before the FATF meeting, currently remains the focus of attention of those reviewing the situation in Pakistan. In which he has pointed to India's global "political role". Statements have been made about this even before this.
Haroon Sharif, former head of the Board of Investment, said, "India cannot be stopped legally. But the current situation seems to be going against Pakistan.
He points out two things, saying, "Global forums like FATF are technical. And they should be allowed to remain so. Because not doing so is not good for FATF's own credibility. Otherwise, trust in institutions will be lost." It goes, which is also happening because of politics.
Secondly, he said that there should be a representative or spokesperson for the FATF from the Pakistan side. His point is towards the fact that at the same time many ministers of the government keep giving their opinion on this sensitive issue.
He said that "it is happening at the moment that many spokespersons and ministers are responding to political statements on FATF. This weakens our case in the eyes of the international community and benefits other parties."
He said that seeing and reading the news and analysis in the Indian media, it is being understood that India is trying its best to keep Pakistan on the grey list. According to Haroon Sharif, "Earlier his attempt was to keep Pakistan on the blacklist, but now he wants more questions and objections."
Pakistan is a member of the Asia Pacific Group, but is not a member of the 40-member FATF, where the final decision is taken. India is its member. India's security affairs analyst Sushant Sarin says that whatever consultations and discussions take place in FATF, member countries cannot leak them outside the forum. "So, all the news coming from there comes through 'sources'. No country talks about it directly.
Sushant further said that India certainly lobbies for the prevention of terrorism, but Pakistan also lobbies for a decision in its favour. This means that every country is active at some level for its benefit. He says that "the evidence that it will present in response to the steps Pakistan was asked to take, it will be investigated impartially in the FATF."
According to Sushant, in the FATF meeting, the details of what will happen, what will be said, what will be discussed, its details will not come out (but) the decision will be issued in a press release after the meeting.
Haroon Sharif says that before meetings and decisions, there is a "back door policy" on the part of Pakistan which should be continued. But when these issues are brought before the people and there is rhetoric on them, it is not right. .and it's not even professional."
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