Pak drama over fear of FATF blacklist: Masood Azhar to be arrested

New delhi date. Thursday, January 7, 2020

Before the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) convenes soon, Pakistan has begun the process of arresting Masood Azhar, who runs a terrorist organization to evade the FATF's blacklist. An anti-terrorism court has issued an arrest warrant.

Pakistan's anti-terrorism court has issued a warrant for the arrest of Masood Azhar, the mastermind of the Mumbai attacks. The next meeting of the FATF is responsible behind the warrant. Ahead of the Financial Action Task Force meeting, Pakistan has staged a drama to arrest the terrorist Masood. The Financial Action Task Force put Pakistan on a gray list at a meeting last year.

Pakistan is likely to be blacklisted this year. If Pakistan is blacklisted in the FATF list, it may have difficulty in getting international funding. Pakistan, struggling financially, needs a global loan. That is why Pakistan is trying to avoid being blacklisted in the FATF.

Earlier, the drama of taking action against terrorists was played out in Pakistan before the FATF meeting. As part of this, action was also taken against Hafiz Saeed. This time, the Pakistani government has launched an exercise to arrest Masood Azhar, the mastermind of the Mumbai attacks.