This assessment of the anti-moneylaundering (AML) and combating the financing of terrorism(CFT) regime of Pakistan is based on the FortyRecommendations 2003 and the Nine Special Recommendations onTerrorist Financing 2001 of the Financial Action Task Force(FATF), and was prepared using the AML/CFT assessmentMethodology 2004, as updated in February 2008. The assessorsreviewed the institutional framework, the relevant AML/CFTlaws, regulations, guidelines and other requirements, andthe regulatory and other systems in place to deter andpunish money laundering (ML) and the financing of terrorism(FT) through financial institutions and DesignatedNon-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBP). Theassessors also examined the capacity, implementation, andeffectiveness of all these systems. This report provides asummary of the AML/CFT measures in place in Pakistan at thetime of the mission or shortly thereafter (no later thanMarch 26th, 2009). It describes and analyzes those measures,sets out Pakistan levels of compliance with the FATF 40+9Recommendations, and provides recommendations on how certainaspects of the system could be strengthened.