ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday directed his administration officials to draw up a concrete plan for boosting Pakistani beef exports to Malaysia, as part of efforts to strengthen trade with the Southeast Asian nation.
Malaysia is a major supplier of palm oil to Pakistan, with halal meat remaining a largely untapped area for bilateral trade. The prime minister chaired a meeting to review the trade situation via video link from New York, where he has been attending the United Nations General Assembly this week.
“There is enormous potential in Pakistan-Malaysia trade and we are taking steps to harness it fully,” Sharif said, according to a statement circulated by his office after the meeting.
“Relevant institutions must prepare a viable and concrete plan for the export of Pakistani beef to Malaysia,” he instructed.
The prime minister described Pakistan and Malaysia as having “long-standing brotherly relations spanning decades” and said Kuala Lumpur had always stood by Islamabad in times of difficulty, support which Pakistan “values highly.”
