Karachi: Pasban e Pakistan President Altaf Shakoor has said that unity amongst all political parties of Pakistan is necessary to foil the evil conspiracies being hatched against the nation and country.
Referring to Us-sponsored move to put Pakistan on grey-list of Financial Action Task Force (FTF), a global body combating terror financing and money-laundering, he said this evil conspiracy has revealed who are the real friends and foes of Pakistan. He said as per media reports only China has committed to vote for Pakistan, while besides the US, he UK, France and Germany had also nominated *Pakistan* to be placed on the Grey list of FATF.
Altaf Shakoor said the imminent FATF verdict will be a huge setback as major global financial institutions – including International Monetary Fund and World Bank – are under the FATF influence. The European Commission and the United Nations also give importance to the FATF. He feared it would be harder and more expensive for Pakistan to borrow money from international debt markets if it was put on the FATF monitoring list. He said India is actively lobbying to put Pakistan on this list which is aimed at to hamper
the economic progress of this country. He said in fact this is the punishment to Pakistan for carrying out the China-Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.
Pasban leader suggested that all political parties of Pakistan including the opposition parties should shun their petty differences and get united for the larger interests of the nation and country. He said if Pakistan is placed on this list, foreign investment will stop coming here and it would harm the national economy. He said this seems a joint move of the US, India, IS Daesh and other anti-Pakistan elements to create political and
economic problems for Pakistan. He said the real objective of the anti-Pakistan elements is to get Pakistan isolated in global community.
He said political instability at home would further worsen the situation, adding all that is needed at this moment is a solid unity and solidarity amongst all Pakistani political parties. He said with a strong political stability at home we would be in a better position to deal with the external threats. He also demanded to take foolproof steps to augment the
national economy. He said a strong economy coupled with an unwavering political unity would augur well for the nation and country.
