REMOVED FROM WATCHLIST
Pakistan, which has long battled militancy within its borders, has faced scrutiny over its ability to combat illicit financing, including to militant organisations and in 2022 was put on an international money-laundering watchlist.
However, the Financial Action Task Force removed Pakistan from it so-called grey-list in 2022 after “significant progress” which included charges being filed against suspected militants accused of being involved in the 2008 attacks in India’s Mumbai.
Singh claimed it was “clear that in Pakistan, terrorism and their government are hand in glove with each other.
“In this situation there is a possibility that their nuclear weapons could get their way into the hands of terrorists. This is a danger not just for Pakistan but the entire world,” he said.
Singh on Thursday called for Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal to be put under the surveillance of the UN’s atomic energy agency, with Islamabad firing back that the international community should investigate a nuclear “black market” in India.
Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar in Islamabad on Friday, where the two discussed the ceasefire, according to a statement from Pakistan’s foreign ministry.
It came as the government also held ceremonies across the country to celebrate the military.
“Pakistan’s Armed Forces remain fully prepared and resolutely committed to defending every inch of our territory. Any aggression will be countered,” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said while visiting troops on Thursday.
The disputed Muslim-majority region of Kashmir has been at the heart of several wars between the two neighbours, who administer separate portions of the divided territory.
Militants stepped up operations on the Indian side of Kashmir from 2019, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government revoked the region’s limited autonomy and imposed direct rule from New Delhi.
