Washington: The friendship between Pakistan and China is not hidden from anyone. At the United Nations, China openly supports Pakistani terrorists and uses its veto power to defend them against India’s demands to ban them. Now another bitter truth of China-Pakistan friendship has come to light, which has made it clear that both the countries use terrorists to harass India. A research by Michael Rubin, an American researcher, claims that China uses Pakistani terrorists against India. On the other hand, Pakistan considers China as a shield for its terrorist activities.
In an article in the Washington Examiner, Rubin stated that Beijing does not support a ban on terrorism. The FATF also failed due to the growing terror in Pakistan and now it can make some big decisions.
The report said that in a recent meeting between Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing and Pakistan’s Special Financial Adviser Abdul Hafiz Sheikh, only Seapac (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) was discussed. No talks were held between the two countries on FATF. It is clear from this that China is not in any way against the terror being nurtured in Pakistan and it is using it for India.
Pakistan on the gray list by February 2021
Pakistan will remain on the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) ‘gray’ monitoring list until February 2021, as it has failed to complete six action plans to curb global money laundering and terrorist financing. Officials gave this information on Friday. The six tasks that Pakistan has not completed include failing to take action against Jaish-e-Mohammed ringleader Maulana Masood Azhar and Lashkar-e-Taiba ringleader Hafiz Saeed. Both these terrorists are most wanted in India.
In the last three days, a digital full session of the FATF was held in which it was decided that Pakistan would remain on its ‘gray’ list. The decision came after a comprehensive review of Pakistan’s performance in meeting global commitments and criteria in the fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism.
“Pakistan will remain on the watch list or gray list,” FATF President Marcus Plier told an online news conference from Paris. He said Pakistan has so far completed six of the 27 action plans to curb the financing of terrorism. Has failed and as a result the country will remain on the FATF’s gray list.
He said that Pakistan should ban and prosecute those involved in financing terrorism. The FATF chief said, “Pakistan needs to make more efforts to stop the financing of terrorism.” He said that Pakistan was put on the “gray” list in 2018 after the threat of terrorist financing.
The names of more than 4,000 terrorists suddenly disappeared from the list
Sources said that Pakistan has failed to take action against terrorists banned by the United Nations such as Jaish-e-Mohammed ringleader Azhar, Lashkar-e-Taiba ringleader Hafiz Saeed and the organisation’s operational commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. Sources said that apart from this, the FATF also kept in mind that the names of more than 4,000 terrorists suddenly disappeared from its official list under Schedule IV of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
The next FATF meeting in February next year will review the situation in Pakistan. Player said North Korea and Iran remain on the FATF’s “blacklist” because the two countries have made no progress. Iceland and Mongolia have been removed from the “gray” list after completing the action plans.
Sources said that the four countries, the United States, Britain, France and Germany, were not satisfied with Pakistan’s commitment to crack down on terrorist groups active on its soil. Azhar, Saeed and Lakhvi are highly sought after in India for their involvement in terrorist activities.
China, Turkey, and Malaysia have been staunch supporters of Pak
Pakistan’s persistence on the ‘gray’ list is now making it difficult for the country to seek financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the European Union, hence for the neighboring country. The problems are about to get worse now that the economic situation is already bad.
Pakistan needed 12 votes out of 39 to get out of the ‘gray’ list and into the ‘white’ list. He needed the support of three countries to avoid the ‘black’ list. China, Turkey and Malaysia have been consistent supporters.
The FATF put Pakistan on the “gray” list in June 2018 and asked it to complete an action plan by October 2019. Since then, the country has consistently remained on the list due to its failure to meet the FATF action plan. The FATF currently has 39 members, including two regional organizations, the European Commission and the Gulf Cooperation Council. India is a member of FATF Consulting and its Asia Pacific Group.
