The head of the international money laundering watchdog which makes the list said that Pakistan has been taken off an international grey list that warrants increased surveillance for terrorism financing.

Pakistan on Saturday asked the president of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to remove India as co-chair of Asia-Pacific Joint Group, a regional associate of FATF, to ensure review process is “fair, unbiased and objective”.

A European delegation will visit Tehran in the coming days to discuss the operation of a new channel for non-dollar trade which the bloc has set up to continue business with Iran and circumvent US sanctions.

Iran's Expediency Council has approved a domestic bill on combating money laundering.

AVA- It is a well-established fact that Pakistan is a safe haven to the most dreaded terrorists across the world. Of late, these terrorists have unleashed mayhem in an already volatile Afghanistan. Both Taliban and the ISIS are on a killing spree, who are allegedly working under direct patronage of Islamabad. Matiullah Matie, a social activist from ...