'Pakistan Under Biggest Pressure From FATF,' Says NSA Ajit Doval

In the present context no country can afford to go for a war as the financial and human costs are huge and no one is sure about victory, he said.

India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)

New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said that Pakistan is facing extreme pressure at the Financial Action Task Force meeting in paris, because of the proceedings of the global watchdog for terror financing and money laundering. Doval, who was addressing a meeting of the chiefs of the Anti Terrorism Squads (ATS), said the biggest pressure on Pakistan comes from the functionaries of the FATF. In the present context no country can afford to go for a war as the financial and human costs are huge and no one is sure about victory, he said. "Pakistan has been using terrorism as the instrument of state policy," he said. "One of the biggest pressure that has come on Pakistan today is because of the proceedings of the FATF. The FATF has created so much pressure... If you (NIA and other investigating agencies) could collect correct information and sustainable information, you can put it up in the international forum and platforms effectively," Doval said while speaking at the "Annual NIA Conference of Chiefs of ATS/STF" Terrorism is a low cost sustainable option which may damage enemies to a great extent, Doval said in a reference to Pakistan. Noting that "we are not targetting any particular country", Doval said facts were still facts. "Our duty is to put the fact at right place and right forum. We should continue our efforts. So, depend on facts, preserve it and don't destroy them. Put these evidences in the forums nationally and internationally. "Even if we say that Pakistan is sponsoring terrorism terrorism, we need evidence. So, don't destroy the evidence," said Doval. He also mentioned that there was no harm to share information with the media about the Pakistani people involved in terrorism by giving their identities and their plan. "Keeping those information in only state jackets only benefits Pakistan... So by weeding out such strategies, we can defeat terrorism." (inputs from agencies)