Hammad Azhar says Pakistan nears completing FATF’s ‘toughest’ action plans

ISLAMABAD, Nov 03 (SABAH): Minister for Energy, Barrister Muhammad Hammad Azhar says Pakistan is near completing the action plans given by Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to ensure compliance in line with its standards.

Addressing the participants of first ‘Assessors Course’ at National FATF Secretariat in Islamabad on Wednesday, he vowed that Pakistan would continue with ‘improvement processes’ for regional and world safety, even after completing the FATF action plans.

Hammad Azhar, who is also Chairman of Pakistan’s Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Group, said Pakistan is playing a key role in global fight against terrorism, its financing and money-laundering.