Financial Monitoring Unit

Financial Monitoring Unit
مالیاتی نگرانی اکائی
Agency overview
Formed1 October 2007; 16 years ago (2007-10-01)
JurisdictionGovernment of Pakistan
HeadquartersKarachi, Pakistan
EmployeesClassified
Annual budgetClassified
Agency executive
Parent departmentAutonomous Federal Government
Websitewww.fmu.gov.pk

The Financial Monitoring Unit (Urdu: مالیاتی نگرانی اکائی, abbreviated as FMU) is the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Pakistan established under the provisions of Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010 (Previously Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance, 2007). It is an independent intelligence service department of the Government of Pakistan and primarily responsible for analyzing transactions, money laundering cases, building efforts against the terrorist financing, and all sorts of financial crimes within the jurisdiction of financial laws of Pakistan.

Ms. Lubna Farooq Malik has been appointed the Director General[1] of the FMU with effect from July 2020. It currently comprises two offices; a head office in Karachi and a Liaison office in Islamabad.

  1. ^ "Appointment of new Director General Financial Monitoring Unit".