30,000 Militants Active In Pak.: Imran

India is likely to raise issue at the Financial Action Task Force meeting in October, say sources.

- Suhasini Haidar & Vijaita Singh

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s dramatic admission that “30,000 to 40,000” militants — trained in Afghanistan and Kashmir — are still operating in Pakistan, may become a serious issue for Islamabad with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), government sources in New Delhi said.

They indicated that India was considering making the remarks a part of its submission ahead of the next meeting in October of the international terror financing watchdog.

Speaking at a think-tank in Washington on Tuesday, Mr. Khan said though Pakistan’s government had launched a “National Action Plan” against terrorism after the Peshawar school attack in December 2015, implementation began only after his government came to power last year.