The major hurdle in Pakistan’s way is India, as it has undermined Pakistan’s case before the FATF earlier as well. The director general of India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is the co-chair of the Joint Group (JG) of the International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) of the Asia Pacific Group.
This is the same group that is presenting Pakistan’s case before the FATF and its Joint Group is holding a meeting next month in Sri Lanka. After the meeting, the case will be presented in the plenary meeting of the FATF in June. India’s presence as the co-chair can highly imperil the prospects of Pakistan getting off the greylist.
Pakistan has requested the FATF to remove India as the co-chair of the Joint Group to ensure the review process is unbiased, fair, and objective. However, the FATF did not cater to Pakistan’s request.