Last Updated on: 23rd July 2023, 02:00 pm
FATF On-site Visit Planned For Later This Month
The on-site visit by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is expected to take place later this month.
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) dispatched two additional BS-19 Customs officers to assist with the on-site visit. A senior BS-20 official had previously also been delegated for this purpose. The FBR has issued a decision in this regard.
Per the notice, the services of Wajid Zaman (BS-19), assigned as Additional Director, Peshawar Transit Trade Directorate, and Haleema Qasim (BS-19), assigned as Additional Director, Directorate General of Valuation, Karachi, are seconded to the Office of the Director, Directorate of Cross-Border Currency Movements, Islamabad, for the preparation of the FATF Joint Group’s on-site visit.
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Earlier on July 27, the FBR appointed a senior Pakistan Customs official, Syed Asad Raza Rizvi (BS-20), to assist in the on-site visit process.
The aim of the on-site visit is to check whether all elements of the action plan have been consistently complied with and whether the authorities have fully implemented it. Pakistan would be removed from the gray list if the on-site visit was successful.
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