FATF's Appreciation.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), in its plenary meeting decided to retain Pakistan on the grey list. The case of Pakistan will be reassessed next at the extraordinary plenary session in June this year.

This was expected; sources from within the PM house claim that the reason for the lack of a diplomatic offensive in anticipation of the review stemmed from the knowledge that June would bring about our removal from the list.

The assessment report shows that Pakistan has made significant progress on the twenty-seven-point plan that was agreed to by Islamabad. If we look at Pakistan's journey, the country has made huge progress from January 2019 when it had to address 25 incomplete points to this day, when it only has three partially complete actionable items. The government deserves credit for showing such an improved level of compliance.

Islamabad's hard work has paid off, and now the country is nearing the finishing line. Authorities need to burn the midnight oil to satisfy FATF in the next session to get Pakistan out of the grey list permanently.

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