🎯"India Reloads the FATF File: A Grey Warning for Pakistan"

📜 FATF Grey List – What It Means
A financial “naughty corner” for countries failing to stop money laundering & terror financing. It hurts global investment and increases scrutiny.
🇮🇳 India’s Move:
Delhi is rallying support to put Pakistan back on the FATF grey list in the upcoming June 2025 plenary session.
📣 Reason Cited:
Recent attacks in Pahalgam and renewed activity of proscribed groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed — with alleged Pakistani backing.

🗣️ Mobilizing Allies
India is talking to Western FATF members (like the US, France, and Germany) to highlight lapses in Pakistan’s post-2022 commitments.
🛑 Blocking the Bucks
India also plans to raise objections to a proposed $7 billion IMF bailout for Pakistan — arguing that funds may be misdirected toward non-civilian uses.
🏛️ International Forums Activated:
India is preparing dossiers, intelligence-sharing, and official memos for the FATF and allied agencies.

🔍 Lack of Enforcement:
Despite FATF’s 2022 delisting of Pakistan, India claims there has been minimal follow-through on prosecuting terror financiers.
🔫 Recent Incidents Used as Exhibit A:
The Pahalgam attack (April 2025) and a spike in cross-border infiltrations are being cited as proof that “safe havens still exist.”
💣 Proxy Groups, Real Damage:
India argues that while Pakistan cracked down on “front-end banking networks,” the “shadow networks” of fundraising still operate with impunity.

📉 Risk of Greylisting Again:
Could limit global banking access, affect loans, raise import/export costs, and harm its economic recovery.
💰 Past Greylisting (2018–2022):
Caused an estimated $38 billion loss in GDP, according to independent economic studies.
⚖️ Pakistani Response:
Likely to counter-lobby FATF members, highlight its legal reforms, and blame political motives behind India's move.

📺 Media Engagement: India is using international think tanks, exposés, and interviews with former diplomats to shape the narrative globally.
🧠 Think-Tank Diplomacy: Delhi-based security and finance experts are feeding briefings to allied nations’ parliaments.
🧾 Dossiers in Play: The classic Indian playbook — bring proof, bring pain, and bring it in bullet points.

🌏 South Asia’s Stability:
India claims that unchecked financial flows from Pakistan-based networks destabilize not just Kashmir, but Afghanistan and beyond.
📉 Setting a Precedent:
India wants FATF to remain a technocratic body, not a political club — but one that holds states accountable with real economic consequences.

⚖️ Final Act: Will Grey Turn to Black & White?