'Proud of you': Imran hails FATF decision as accomplishment of Hammad Azhar-led committee.

ISLAMABAD -- Members of the former PTI cabinet hailed on Friday the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) announcement that Pakistan had met all 34 items on two separate action plans.

The watchdog will now schedule an on-site visit to verify the implementation and sustainability of the country's money laundering and counter-terrorism financing measures, adding that Pakistan will be taken off the grey list if it successfully passes the on-site visit.

Soon after the development, former prime minister Imran Khan said "FATF repeatedly praised the work and political will my govt demonstrated".

He said when his government came to power [in 2018], it faced the "direct prospect of blacklisting" by the body, adding that the country's compliance history with the FATF was also not favourable.

"I constituted a FATF Coordination Committee headed by key minister Hammad Azhar. The committee had representation from all government departments and security agencies relevant to our FATF action plan. The officers worked day and night in the first instance to avoid blacklisting.

"FATF repeatedly praised the work and the political will my government demonstrated. We not only averted blacklisting, but also completed 32...