(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: FATF and Pakistan's Terror List

Topic: FATF and Pakistan's Terror List

Guest:

Rana Banerji, (Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat)
Maj. Gen. Ashwani Siwach (Retd., Defence Expert)
Ashok Sajjanhar, (Former Ambassador)

Topic Description:

In an attempt to be dropped from the Financial Action Task Force’s grey list, Pakistan has banned 88 new terrorists, in compliance with the new list issued by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The banned terrorists include Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim. Paris-based FATF put Pakistan on the grey list in June 2018 and asked Islamabad to implement a plan of action by the end of 2019, but the deadline was extended later due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Pakistan government issued two notifications on August 18 announcing sanctions on key leaders of terror outfits such as 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.