Pakistan, Malaysia agree to enhance bilateral relations.ISLAMABAD, September 08, 2009 (Balochistan Times): Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a meeting with Secretary General of Malaysian Foreign Ministry Tan Sri Rastam M. Esa on Tuesday and discussed ways and means WAYS AND MEANS. In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. This body is called the committee of ways and means. to augment bilateral relations to mutual benefit of Pakistan and Malaysia. The Foreign Minister said that in accordance with the decision taken during a meeting with the Malaysian Foreign Minister on the sidelines On the sidelinesAn investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. of ASEAN ASEAN: see Association of Southeast Asian Nations. ASEAN in full Association of Southeast Asian Nations International organization established by the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand in meeting in Thailand, a Working Group is being established to examine the possibility of bilateral collaboration and promotion of halal ha·lal Islam n. Meat that has been slaughtered in the manner prescribed by the shari'a. adj. 1. Of or being meat slaughtered in the prescribed way: a halal butcher; a halal label. food industry. It was agreed that the Malaysian expertise in halal food and Pakistans advantages in agriculture and livestock potential could be actively utilized to create win-win scenarios. The Foreign Minister also explained his concept of public-private partnership Public-private partnership (PPP) describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. These schemes are sometimes referred to as PPP or P3. , that he floated during the recently-held Friends of Democratic Pakistan Ministerial meeting at Istanbul. He informed the Secretary General that the UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. Foreign Minister had evinced keen interest in the concept and offered to hold an exclusive event on Public-Private Partnership in Dubai in January next year. That meeting will be utilized also for collaboration in the field of Halal Food Industry where Pakistani and Malaysian advantages would be infused with the capital and market potential of the Gulf States. The Foreign Minister stressed upon the need to develop bilateral economic relations and highlighted the importance of an early meeting of the Pakistan-Malaysia Joint Ministerial Commission in Islamabad. The dates in this regard were proposed and the Malaysian side agreed to respond soon. It was also decided that the Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and Malaysia would meet on the sidelines of the upcoming D-8 in Malaysia on 1-3 November 2009. The meetings would focus on strengthening economic relations, investment, bilateral trade, and joint ventures. While acknowledging Pakistani manpowers contribution in Malaysian development, the Secretary General expressed interest in developing and importing skilled manpower from Pakistan. It was also agreed that the facility of visa on arrival for some categories of Pakistani exporters would be initiated in the near future. The Foreign Minister highlighted the need of utilizing more effectively the Free Trade Agreement in the advancement of bilateral trade between the two countries and expressed interest in exporting Pakistani fruit to Malaysia. The Secretary General expressed desire to recruit Pakistani doctors. It was decided that a recruiting mechanism would be developed in Pakistan and posts would be advertised in Pakistani newspapers for this purpose. The Secretary General informed the Foreign Minister about Malaysias desire to build a new embassy complex in the diplomatic enclave enclave /en·clave/ (en´klav) tissue detached from its normal connection and enclosed within another organ. en·clave n. A detached mass of tissue enclosed in tissue of another kind. . He also informed about the progress in the matter wherein CDA (1) (Compact Disc Audio) The compact disc file extension that is seen on the computer in Explorer or some other file manager. CDA files are actually pointers to the locations of the individual tracks on the CD medium. See CD-DA. has given Malaysia the permission to start the project. The total cost of the project would be US$ 22 million. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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