Credit for FATF triumph goes to state: Hina.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar said on Saturday that Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has acknowledged the completion of both action plans by Pakistan and the credit for it goes to the state and not to any political party.

Ms Khar was addressing a presser in Islamabad after her return from Berlin where she went to attend the plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). She hoped that Pakistan would come off the FATF grey list by October. She hoped once the country was off the FATF watch list, our economy would be improved.

She lauded the state's foremost measures aimed at stemming the financial aid to terrorists and discouraging money laundering. She said that Pakistan is now "one step away" from exiting the FATF grey list, and the planned on-site visit is a procedural requirement.

It may be noted that FATF in a statement said that Pakistan had met all 34 items on two separate action plans and it will now verify the implementation and sustainability of the country's money...