| Summary/Abstract |
Ever since the grey-listing of Pakistan by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in early 2018, India and Pakistan have been vying for competing goals. According to Indian perspective, Pakistan is still engaged in cross-border terrorist activities in Indian territories. Therefore, Pakistan must be downgraded to black-list. On the other hand, Pakistan insists it has taken ample measures to comply with FATF demands. According to Islamabad, not only has Pakistan started taking actions against domestic militant units, it has been playing vital role in facilitating ‘peace talks’ to end the Afghan war. In contrast, this article argues both of these narratives verge on extremes in their own respects. India’s recent claims about cross-border terrorism are profoundly diluted by domestic resistance it has been facing in Indian-administered Kashmir of late. Moreover, a black-listed Pakistan could pose an even bigger challenge. Similarly, this article argues that getting Pakistan off the grey list would be too early at the present time. The country still needs to implement half of its ‘action plan’ as identified by the FATF. A more realistic option, therefore, would be to take the middle ground and proceed with current FATF supervision of Pakistan’s performance for a further period.
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