The announcement came from Foreign Minister Khwaja Asif in a midnight tweet thanking ‘friends’ who helped Pakistan avoid a major international embarrassment. US pushes motion to put Pakistan on global terrorist-financing watchlistAhead of the Paris meeting, Pakistan called the US move “politically motivated” with an aim to undermine the country’s economic growth. Pakistan remained on the global terror financing watch list from 2012 to 2015. The meetings involve more than 700 delegates from the 203 jurisdictions of the FATF Global Network, as well as the UN, IMF, World Bank and other partners. The plenary meetings will take place from February 21 to 23 and will focus on counter-terrorism financing and proliferation financing.

Source: The Express Tribune February 20, 2018 20:03 UTC