FATF Asia-Pacific blacklists Pakistan for terror funding

The International Terror Watchdog for Terror Funding, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has blacklisted the nation of Pakistan for various non-compliances and non-enforcements of international terror controls and safeguards. What has happened? The FATF has been placed in the ..

Pakistan blacklisted by Asia-Pacific Group of FATF

The Asia Pacific Group (APG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has put Pakistan in Enhanced Expedited Follow Up List (Blacklist) for its failure to meet its standards. Decision in this regard was taken at FATF APG plenary meeting ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019

Response of foreign countries on article 370

While Pakistan has tried to drum up international support in its favor in view of the abrogation of the Article 370, its efforts have borne little fruit as most countries have decided to stedfastly back India and have refused to ..

?No first use? Nuclear Policy

Conventionally 9 nations are thought to possess nuclear weapons. These include the 5 permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (US, UK, Russia, China and France), 3 other member states who have an openly declared nuclear weapons program (India, ..

UN Security Council to hold meeting over Kashmir

In an exceptionally rare meeting of the United Nation Security Council, the body had decided to convene a closed-door meeting of its members to discuss Kashmir issue. What has happened? Poland, which is currently the holder of the council presidency, ..

International Response to Article 370 Abrogation

In response to the abrogation of Article 370, international bodies and foreign nations have expressed their reactions and responses to it. While most nations have welcomed the decision of the Indian Government, claimed that it is an internal matter of ..

Pakistan grants Consular Access to Jadhav

Following the verdict given by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which castigated Pakistan for denying India consular access to imprisoned former Indian naval officer Kulbhusan Jadhav, Pakistan has now granted India consular access to Jadhav. What is consular access? ..

ICJ Verdict on Kulbhushan Jadhav

In a major victory for India and its arrested national Kulbhushan Jadhav, the International Court of Justice has ordered Pakistan to review Kulbhushan’s death sentence and had ruled that Islamabad violated the established international convention by denying India the rights ..