Updated Feb 25, 2021 | 00:00 IST
Pakistan has been on the ‘grey list’ since June 2018 and Imran Khan administration was given an ultimatum in February 2020 to complete the 27 action plans by June last year. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. | File image | Photo Credit: AP
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The virtual FATF plenary began on February 22 and will conclude in Paris on Thursday to deliberate on the cases of various countries on the grey list
Islamabad is struggling to shield terror perpetrators and at the same time also implement the FATF action plan
Islamabad: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is set to decide on Thursday whether or not Pakistan has made considerable efforts to counter terror financing, and take a call on whether the country will continue to remain in the ‘grey list’.
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Pakistan was the key focus of India s right of reply at the council, which out of habit raises Kashmir, irking New Delhi
In a strong message to Turkey, India on Wednesday reminded Turkey of United Nations Security Council or UNSC resolutions on Cyprus after the latter raked UNSC resolutions on Kashmir.
India s Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of India to UN, Geneva, Seema Pujani said, As far as the subject of UN Resolutions is concerned, we would advise Turkey to practise what it preaches by first implementing those UN Resolutions that apply to it.
UNSC resolution on Cyprus has been a cause of embarrassment to Turkey even as it continues to occupy the northern part of the island nation in the Mediterranean Sea. Turkey in the past, especially after India removed special status for the erstwhile state for Jammu and Kashmir has been supporting Pakistani cause at various multilateral organizations especially UN.
Read more about India slams Pak at UNHRC for misusing global stage for baseless propaganda on Business Standard. "Pakistan s continued misuse of various platforms to engage in baseless and malicious propaganda against India is not new," 2nd Secretary of India s Permanent Mission in Geneva, Seema Pujani said
“It’s home and patron to largest number of internationally proscribed terrorist entities” India on Wednesday hit out at Pakistan at the High Level Segment of the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council and said the recent release of Al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh is a “clear example” of the connection between the Pakistani state and terrorists. Responding to the comments of Pakistan and Turkey on Kashmir and other issues, the Indian diplomatic team said the government of India is “fully cognizant” of its human rights obligations.
“Pakistan has been the home and patron to the largest number of internationally proscribed terrorist entities and individuals in the world. .The recent acquittal of Omar Saeed Sheikh, al-Qaeda terrorist and murderer of American journalist Daniel Pearl by the Pakistani Supreme Court, is a clear example of the Pakistani establishment’s nexus with such entities and, as the U.S. Secretary of State said, ‘It is an affront to
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday slammed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for raising the Kashmir issue at United Nations Human Rights Council