US, allies pushing to place Pakistan on terror-financing watchlist: report

[wiseone2]

USA finance Pakistan >Pakistan finance terror= USA finance terror

I like the analogy for once

What is Britian's problem with Pakistan or do they just like to suck up to their US daddies? Shame on them for following a tyrant.
Now is the time for Pakistan to tell these countries that if Pakistan is being put on this list it will have repercussions specially w.r.t Afghanistan and US and NATO supply going through Pakistan.
Bully cannot be met with weakness, it can only be thwarted with force.

You are in no position to fight USA and EU

 

[Vortex]

We should ask the FATF to put USA, and many others on its watchlist as they support terrorism in severals countries with their CIA, NSA and others...

 

[IceCold]

You are in no position to fight USA and EU

Yeah we are being repeatedly reminded of it but:
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/aid-suspension-to-pakistan-has-not-paid-off-us-congress-told.543309/
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/paki...y-intelligence-agencies.544518/#post-10255595

 

[wiseone2]

Yeah we are being repeatedly reminded of it but:
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/aid-suspension-to-pakistan-has-not-paid-off-us-congress-told.543309/
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/paki...y-intelligence-agencies.544518/#post-10255595

aid suspension to Pakistan has not paid off - how many days has been ?

15 years of aid has not worked

 

[IceCold]

aid suspension to Pakistan has not paid off - how many days has been ?

15 years of aid has not worked

Do you see us complaining? Its the US admitting to their own congress.

 

[war&peace]

Good job uncle sam...you are the best friend of Pakistan...at least that's what our corrupt elite believes.

 

[Khanate]

Well an Indian or Israeli did not accuse USA of funding terrorists now did they?

In which case, ask Indian government to stop remittances from Pakistan and repatriate all the Indian migrants living in Pakistan. Because Pakistan is home to more Indian immigrants than U.S. and Pakistan is also the 4th largest source of remittances to India.

• More Indian migrants living in Pakistan than US: PEW Research Centre
• Pakistan 4th largest source of remittances to India
• From Pakistan to India: $14.36 billion in remittances over 3 years

Oh, so India is the largest rerecipient of aid for more than half century? I was not expecting this.

Or in Indian terminology, India is the biggest beggar of the 20th century.

 

[wiseone2]

I say bullshit to that.

India and Israel are the top receipt of U.S. economic assistance for the last 60 years. As for military assistance, Pakistan isn't even in the top 10. What little military assistance we did receive was during the Cold War when USSR was in Afghanistan.

Here's the historical data on U.S. economic assistance:

Note: India and Israel are the top receipt of U.S. economic assistance for the last 60 years

Here's the historical data on U.S. military assistance:

Note: Pakistan isn't even in the top 10

Source: Dawn

you ignore the CSF payments who is another word for military aid

 

[Khanate]

you ignore the CSF payments who is another word for military aid

Coalition Support Fund (CSF) are reimbursements "to Pakistan for expenses already incurred and compensation for facilities made available to the coalition forces such as the Shamsi Airfield and Dalbandin air bases by Pakistan."​

I know you are Indian, hence hardwired for socialism, but lets not go all out socialist here. Learn to pay your bills.

 

[That Guy]

Nothing is going to come of this. Just like the cutting of aid was a failure, this too will be a failure; in fact, I don't think Pakistan will even be placed on the list.

It's a stupid move, and is only going to make matters worse for the US, and barely for Pakistan.

 

[kabooter_maila]

ISLAMABAD: While the United States has put forward a motion to place Pakistan on a global terrorist-financing watchlist with Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Pakistan government has started working with several member states in a bid to get the nomination withdrawn, a senior Pakistani official has confirmed.

Pakistan has been scrambling in recent months to avert being added to a list of countries deemed non-compliant with terrorist financing regulations by the FATF, a measure officials fear can hurt its economy.

A meeting of FATF member states is due to take place next week in Paris, where the organisation could adopt the motion on Pakistan.

Pakistan’s de facto finance minister, Miftah Ismail, told Reuters that the US and Britain had put forward the motion several weeks ago, and later persuaded France and Germany to co-sponsor it.

Islamabad hopes the nomination will be withdrawn as Paris meeting draws near

“We are now working with the US, the UK, Germany and France for the nomination to be withdrawn,” said Mr Ismail while speaking over phone from Europe. “We are also quite hopeful that even if the US does not withdraw the nomination, we will prevail and not be put on the watchlist.”

Pakistan was previously on the FATF watchlist from 2012 to 2015.The FATF, an intergovernmental body based in Paris that sets global standards for fighting illicit finance, had previously warned Islamabad it could be put back on the list without further efforts to crack down on the flow of funds to militants.

Pakistani officials and Western diplomats say being put on the FATF watchlist could deal a blow to Pakistan’s economy, making it harder for foreign investors and companies to do business in the country.

“If you’re put on a terror watchlist, you’re made to go through all the (extra) scrutiny,” former chief of the National Counter Terrorism Authority of Pakistan, Khawaja Khalid Farooq, told Reuters. “It can hurt the economy very badly.”

Officials also fear it would be harder and more expensive for Pakistan to borrow money from the international debt markets if it is put on the FATF monitoring list. Pakistan raised $2.5 billion at lower-than-expected rates in December.

Mr Ismail said the FATF motion focused on Hafiz Saeed, who was blamed by India for masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The move indicated the US had put forward the motion at India’s behest, he said.

However, a spokesperson from the US embassy in Islamabad said: “The US has consistently expressed our longstanding concern about ongoing deficiencies in Pakistan’s implementation of its anti-money laundering and counterterrorism finance regime.”

The US was “absolutely not” acting on behalf of India in pressing Pakistan on the issue, the spokesperson said.

“In addition to broader systemic concerns, this also concerns Pakistan’s non-compliance with its commitments under the UN Security Council Resolution 1267,” the spokesperson added.

Resolution 1267 requires all states to freeze the assets of people and organisations on a list established by the resolution, including Hafiz Saeed and his charities.

Saeed has repeatedly denied his involvement in the Mumbai attacks and says the charitable organisations he founded and controls had no ties with militants.

On Monday, Pakistan announced it had amended its anti-terrorism law to ban militant groups and organisations that are listed as “terrorists” by the United Nations, a move seen to be targeting those charities.

In December, Pakistan’s government drew up plans to seize control of Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and the Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation charities.

Published in Dawn, February 14th, 2018

PS: I would like to ask Hafiz Saeed and other band illegals are more important than Pakistan to GHQ?

Idiot Sam is realizing that "Pakistan slipping out of US influence" and it's a move aimed at blackmailing. Sam's hot and cold blowing hasn't shown any results. Hence now resorting to open blackmail. Pakistan can foil that attempt with creative diplomacy. In worst case, they can put Pak name in the list. Who cares. That's not end of the world. I wouldn't even write it on my L.

 

[xyxmt]

Instead of US helping Indian become next super power, it seems US is more interested in stopping Pakistan become next super power...well the race is on

 

[wiseone2]

• More Indian migrants living in Pakistan than US: PEW Research Centre

That is an example of a garbage link

Instead of US helping Indian become next super power, it seems US is more interested in stopping Pakistan become next super power...well the race is on

US is not in the business of making others super power
In fact they cannot

 

[Khanate]

That is an example of a garbage link



US is not in the business of making others super power
In fact they cannot

This is an example of no link whatsoever.

 

[Adonis]

Chandu bhahi, give it up already.

Our country our rules. Go shed your crocodile tears somewhere else.

You better spend your energies on helping hundreds of million people living in miserable conditions in your origin country India.

Meanwhile some ultra rich people in your country are dictating the way your govt should work and I am telling you, it is not going in the right direction with all the hindu extremism reaching alarming levels.


So ...you don't have any point on the subject in contention .....so change the subject.


Nothing is to be gained by arguing with fools. Nothing can be gained by reasoning with ignorant people.