[DAWN] Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday ‐ a day after Pakistain avoided ending up on a terror watch list by a global task force ‐ said that the government will expedite steps to curb terror financing and money laundering.If that's so -- and I'm sure we're all certain it is! -- that should mean that the money Khyber-Pakhtunwa was reported about to funnel into Samiul Haq's School for Jihad is going to be stopped. Right?
Pakistain's performance in the war against terrorism was better than others', but it still faced pressure from Washington, the minister said.
Iqbal said the motion put forward against Pakistain by the US was moved on "political basis" with the intention of bringing Pakistain under pressure.
Playing down speculations that the placement on the watch list could have severe economic repercussions for Pakistain, the minister said steps taken by the country against terror financing were not to please FATF or the US but they are "in the interest of our country".
He said being a responsible state, it was Pakistain's duty to ensure implementation of the UN Security Council resolutions as not doing so effectively could give international lobbies the chance to campaign against Pakistain.