The meetings began on Monday but the plenary session, which will decide whether to keep Pakistan on its watch list, also known as the grey list, begins on February 19. A final decision will be taken on Friday when the FATF takes up issues concerning Pakistan, a source said. On Monday, Pakistan submitted a report on action regarding the implementation of the watchdog's plan of action during the Paris meeting. The watchdog, in 2018, had placed Pakistan on the grey list and the watchdog has already granted Islamabad an extension till February 2020 during a meeting in October last year. Last year, under pressure after the FATF review, Pakistan formally banned Saeed's JuD and other associated organisations, after years of allowing them to operate freely across the country.

Source: Mint February 18, 2020 14:48 UTC