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Reuters
Reuters
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By Asif Shahzad and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam

Explainer-Pakistan hopes to get off global dirty money watchdog's 'grey list'

FILE PHOTO: A general view of a deserted road in a business district during a lockdown in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Karachi, Pakistan May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global money laundering and terrorism financing watchdog, starts a two-day meeting in Paris on Thursday and is expected to take up removal of Pakistan from a list of countries under "increased monitoring".

In a meeting in June, the FATF said it was keeping Pakistan on the list - also known as the "grey list" - but said it might be removed after an on-site visit to verify progress.

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