Pakistan Admits Dawood Lives in Karachi
The Pakistan government has finally admitted that Dawood Ibrahim lives in Karachi.
Dawood Ibrahim is India’s most wanted Gangster. He was responsible for the 1993 blasts which killed 257 people and injured 700. He has also been accused of masterminding other terrorist attacks. For a long time, the Indian Government kept saying that Dawood is living in Pakistan. Even the United Nations confirmed India’s claim. But Pakistan never admitted to this.
Pakistan did this because of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The FATF is an organisation that helps to eliminate money laundering, terror financing and other issues related to International finance. The FATF had put Pakistan on their ‘Grey List’ in 2018. FATF had told Pakistan that by the end of 2019, Pakistan needs to stop money laundering and terror financing in Pakistan. If Pakistan failed to do this, then the FATF would ‘Black List’ Pakistan and impose strict financial restrictions. This would mean foreign countries would not do business with Pakistan.
Inorder to avoid getting black listed, the Pakistan government on 22nd August has finally admitted that Dawood Ibrahim lives in Karachi. Pakistan has now released a list of 88 terror groups, which have now been banned. Pakistan has imposed financial sanctions on the terror groups and their leaders, including Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim. The government has ordered the seizure of all of their properties and are freezing of bank accounts. In the list Pakistan has also revealed the address of Dawood. According to Pakistan Dawood’s address is “White House, Near Saudi Mosque, Clifton” in Karachi.
