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India, at the UN General Assembly, reaffirmed its uncompromising stance against terrorism, declaring that “a terrorist is a terrorist” and urging the global community to reject double standards, strengthen cooperation, and conclude the long-pending Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism.

Islamabad: As Pakistani officials ticked items off their to-do list for submission of report to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on the implementation of the action plan for getting out of its ‘grey list’, something that strengthened their case was the conviction and sentencing of top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist and 26/11 Mumbai attacks’ handler […]

Despite being given a long rope to stop sponsoring terror outfits and check terror financing, Pakistan has failed to convince the international community with credible and verifiable actions. It is therefore not surprising at all that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Paris-based global watchdog on terror funding, has decided to retain Pakistan on […]

Going by the Imran Khan govt’s open support to Taliban, there is little hope that Islamabad will change its ways anytime soon

Islamabad must stop misleading the international community with a farce to cover up its sponsorship of terror

Is Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff really serious about peace and South Asia regionalism?

Pak PM's friendship offer may well be a deceptive reverse swing for which he was known as a cricketer

The sudden change in Islamabad’s commitment towards maintaining peace along the LoC should not lull New Delhi into complacence

Pakistan, which has been in and out of the FATF grey list, seems to be doing just enough to avoid the blacklist

FATF retaining Pakistan on the grey list comes as no surprise as the country’s anti-terror law remains a sham

Pakistan will remain in "enhanced (expedited) follow-up" and will have to "continue to report back to the APG on progress to strengthen its implementation of AML/CFT measures."