Pakistan's Speedy Progress Greatly Appreciated By FATF Members: Khar.

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar said on Saturday that Pakistan's positive and speedy progress was greatly appreciated and welcomed by Financial Action Task Force (FATF) members.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar addressed a press conference on Saturday following an announcement by the FATF that Pakistan has 'substantially completed its two action plans' and would be removed from the grey list after it passes the on-site visit to assess the implementation of Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism.

The state minister, during the press briefing, said that the outcome was enabled through 'the comprehensive reforms that have been carried out in Pakistan in the Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML-CFT) domain and the sustained momentum of our efforts and the results of those efforts'.

'Because as you can see, the first action plan took us much longer while this one was completed before the set timeline and this was something which was very well recognized throughout the plenary by all...