Pakistan Can Help Malaysia Develop Halal Hub and Provide Land for Cattle Farms

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | February 21, 2009 by D-8 Secretariat

Pakistan to offer help to Malaysia to Develop Halal Hub and Provide Land for Cattle Farms

Pakistan with its vast expertise and experience in the agriculture sector can assist Malaysia in developing a halal food hub, its High Commissioner Lt-Gen (Rtd) Tahir Mahmud Qazi said Thursday.

Pakistan is also willing to provide land to Malaysian investors to set up cattle farms to ensure regular supply of halal meat, Pakistan’s High Commissioner in Malaysia Lt Gen (Retd) Tahir Mahmud Qazi has said. In an interview with Bernama News Agency of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, the High Commissioner said Pakistan can also provide qualified veterinary doctors and abundant farm workers for developing livestock, poultry and fisheries sectors.
He said Pakistan could also provide qualified veterinary doctors and abundant farm workers for developing livestock, poultry and fisheries sectors.

Tahir said both countries were already cooperating in manufacturing fertilizers and animal feed and are in the process of setting up a seed bank.

This would also be the focus of the upcoming D8 Ministers Conference on Food Security beginning in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday wherein besides Pakistan and Malaysia, other member countries of the Group of D‑8 Indonesia, Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Nigeria and Bangladesh will be attending, he added.

The High Commissioner said Pakistan and Malaysia were enjoying excellent relations in trade, economic, social and other fields, which is can also be gauged from the fact that bilateral trade was growing fast, especially in the past two years, with two‑way trade surging from US$834 million (RM3.048 billion) in 2006 to almost US$1.8 billion (RM6.5 billion) last year.

Tahir said Pakistan and Malaysia were enjoying excellent relations in trade, economic, social and other fields.

Bilateral trade was growing fast, especially in the past two years, with two-way trade surging from US$834 million (RM3.048 billion) in 2006 to almost US$1.8 billion (RM6.5 billion) last year.

Fourteen Malaysian companies were actively engaged in the development of infrastructures, housing, roads, energy and solid waste management in Pakistan besides frequent exchange of delegations between both countries.

Acknowledging the role of Malaysia in promoting the D‑8 agenda the High Commissioner said Pakistan appreciated Malaysia’s role in D8 and would give its full cooperation in achieving the objectives of the grouping which was to improve the member country’s economy and ultimately the living standards of its people.

Source: BERNAMA

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