Paris, Oct 16 (TIWN) The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has expressed satisfaction at the measures taken by Pakistan and its progress in various areas.

A Pakistani delegation led by Minister for Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar told the FATF meeting that Pakistan has made positive progress in 20 out of 27 points, Radio Pakistan reported Monday.

China, Turkey and Malaysia appreciated the steps taken by Pakistan.

The FATF meeting which started on October 14, will be discussing the report on the steps taken by Pakistan till April 2019 and a decision would be made on whether to extricate Islamabad from the intergovernmental organisation's grey list.