Hours ahead of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary, dissidents of Baloch, Pashtun, Uyghur, Tibet and Hong Kong origin organised a protest outside the FATF headquarters on Saturday, urging the international monitoring body to blacklist Pakistan and deliver on its mandate of stopping terror financing and sponsoring from Pakistan.
‘While Pakistan has been repeatedly adopting the tactic of showcasing taking action against terror financing by placing senior terror group leaders under arrest ahead of FATF plenaries, these UN listed entities, like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (now rebranded as Jamat ud Dawa -JuD) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) continue to function freely in the country, including collecting funds,” the organisers of the protest alleged.
“The charity front of JuD, the Falah e Insaniyat Foundation (FeF) has continued to collect funds. FeF chief Hafiz Abdur Rauf has remained activeand openly delivers sermons. Similarly, Talha Saeed, son of Jamaat ud Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed…