Members & Observers

Pakistan joined the UFA in May 2000.

Pakistan is further strengthening its AML/CFT framework. In September 2007 Pakistan issued the Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance, which consolidated money laundering offences in Pakistan and included a wider coverage of predicate offences.   The law was revised and passed as the Anti Money Laundering Act 2010, which is now in effect (available via FMU and SBP websites - see below).

Pakistan's FIU, the Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU), is located within Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.

Pakistan criminalises Terrorist Financing under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 (available via FMU website).

Pakistan underwent its second mutual evaluation in 2009. The full report of Pakistan's second mutual evaluation was adopted in July 2009 at the UFA Annual Meeting.  The full report is available via the Documents section of this website.

Pakistan is a party to the Vienna, Palermo and Terrorist Financing Conventions.

Links: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)
            Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU) 
            Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) 
            National Accountability Bureau (NAB)
            Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) 
            Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF)