ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told a leading Malaysian venture capital group on Tuesday Pakistan and Malaysia were working to strengthen business-to-business links, with his administration pledging to make it easier to invest and operate in the country, particularly in the digital economy.
Sharif made the remarks during a meeting in Kuala Lumpur with Gobi Partners, a Malaysia-based firm that invests across Asia’s emerging markets. He welcomed the firm’s interest in Pakistan’s startup ecosystem and said the government was committed to improving the ease of doing business and supporting early-stage investors through targeted reforms.
Sharif is on a three-day visit to Malaysia, where he held wide-ranging talks a day earlier with his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim.
The two countries announced a new $200 million halal meat trade quota and pledged to deepen cooperation in the digital economy, agriculture and education, in what both leaders described as a renewed effort to expand economic and strategic ties between the two Muslim nations.
“We are determined to create a business-friendly environment and improve the ease of doing business,” Sharif said, according to a statement from his office, during the meeting. “Our priority is to mobilize domestic and international capital to build a sustainable startup ecosystem.”
