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India re-elected to key bodies of Universal Postal Union for 2025-28
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
India has been re-elected to the Asia Pacific Group of Postal Operations Council and the Council of Administration of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) for 2025-28 at the 28th UPU Congress in Dubai, reaffirming its role in advancing innovative postal solutions and supporting the Global South.
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India to push for bringing Pakistan on FATF grey list: Government sources
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
India will leave no effort to bring Pakistan onto the grey list, according to government sources. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, has been informed about India's intentions.
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UAE secures seat on UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs representing Asia-Paci
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The UAE, represented by the Ministry of Interior, has been elected to the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) for the 2026-2029 term, as a representative of the Asia-Pacific Group.
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UAE first Arab country to be granted observer status at Asia/Pacific Group
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A delegation from the UAE is participating with observer status in the plenary of the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG), a Financial Action Task Force-Style regional body (FSRB), taking place this week in Vancouver, Canada. The UAE is the first Arab country to be granted observer
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FATF may 'greylist' Nepal for money laundering, terror financing
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Nepal is in a vulnerable position again, and liable to being greylisted if not blacklisted, officials have said.
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Pakistan out of FATF grey list after four years
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Paris [France], October 21 (ANI): Pakistan is out of Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) 'grey list' with the global watchdog stating that Islamabad would continue to work with the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering to further improve its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist f
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Odisha MP Aparajita Sarangi elected Asia Pacific Group's Inter-Parliamenta
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kigali [Rwanda], October 13 (ANI): Lok Sabha MP from Odisha Aparajita Sarangi has been elected as a member of the executive committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) from Asia Pacific Group (APG) countries.
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All SCO members favour transit trade, says Bilawal Bhutto
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Samarkand [Uzbekistan], September 17 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said that SCO countries want transit trade and the route that a country wants to adopt is its own choice.
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Bilawal Bhutto hopes Pakistan will get off FATF grey list, says "we want t
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Samarkand [Uzbekistan], September 16 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has expressed hope of his country getting off the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list.
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FATF needs to take hard look at Pakistan to ensure it comply with terror-r
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 21 (ANI): The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) needs to take a hard and objective look at Pakistan's attempts to leverage "nuisance value" to ensure that the country fully complies with terror financing and money laundering obligations before it can be de-list
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FATF's Asia Pacific Group keeps Pakistan on 'Enhanced Follow-up List' for
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], October 12 (ANI): In a major setback to Pakistan, the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF's) Asia Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering has kept the country on "Enhanced Follow-up List" for its slow progress on the technical recommendations of the FATF to fight terror f
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Despite looming FATF deadlines, Pakistan yet to act to curb terror financi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): With deadlines looming next month, Pakistan is yet to comply with 13 conditions out of the 27-point Action Plan of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) including curbing terror financing, enforcement of the laws against the proscribed organisations a
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