Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif and Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato’ Sri Anwar Ibrahim held a one-on-one meeting at the Prime Minister’s House on Thursday in which the two leaders discussed making bilateral cooperation in various fields more fruitful and formulating a comprehensive strategy for it. Discussed.
The statement issued by the Prime Minister’s House said that “the meeting of the two leaders covered bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interest, including the problems faced by the Muslim Ummah.”
Prime Minister Mohammad Shahbaz Sharif congratulated Anwar Ibrahim on Malaysia getting the chairmanship of ASEAN for 2025.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim welcomed Pakistan’s continued partnership as a sectoral dialogue partner in ASEAN.
He expressed his support for the ties between Pakistan and ASEAN and Pakistan’s broader role in ASEAN.
The Prime Ministers also reiterated their determination to further strengthen the mutually beneficial partnership while mentioning the decades of cooperation between the two countries.
The two leaders emphasized the importance of dialogue and exchange of delegations at all levels and the importance of the Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) and the strategy to enhance bilateral consultations.
Before that Malaysia Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Anwar Ibrahim arrived in Islamabad on a three-day visit to Pakistan on the invitation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Pakistan On his arrival, he was received by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at Noor Khan Air Base on Wednesday night.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan and Information and Broadcasting Minister Attaullah Tarar also participated in the reception along with the Prime Minister.
At the airport, the distinguished guest received a 21-gun salute and children dressed in traditional attire presented bouquets to the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
A high-level delegation of business leaders and investors accompanied the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
According to the statement issued by the Prime Minister House, during the visit of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim Pakistan and Malaysia bilateral cooperation There will be a discussion on the promotion and there will be significant progress regarding the partnership between the two countries.
During his stay in Pakistan, he will also meet the Prime Minister of Malaysia, President Asif Ali Zardari.
The Malaysian delegation will also hold talks with Pakistani businessmen and investors to promote trade and investment between the two countries.
The Prime Minister of Malaysia will attend the Pakistan Malaysia Business Forum to further facilitate cooperation in trade and investment.
Yesterday, before the arrival of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Foreign Minister Muhammad Hassan also arrived in Islamabad.
The Malaysian Foreign Minister was received by Pakistan’s Additional Foreign Secretary Imran Ahmad Siddiqui at the Islamabad International Airport on Wednesday.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim addresses a news conference in Berlin on March 11, 2024 (Reuters)
Who is Anwar Ibrahim?
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was a brilliant orator and a rising star 27 years ago, and everyone expected him to succeed then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
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However, at that time he and Mahathir Mohamad had serious differences over his handling of the Asian financial crisis and he was jailed on corruption charges, widely believed to be politically motivated. were
His conviction was overturned in 2004 and he returned to politics, leading his own reformist party that narrowly defeated the UMNO party in the 2013 elections.
A year before that, in 2012, he was accused of sedition, which was later proven false and he was acquitted.
Anwar Ibrahim was jailed again in 2015, but as the MDB One scandal against the then Prime Minister Najib Razak came to light, Mahathir Mohamad came back from retirement and reconciled with Anwar Ibrahim, and they joined forces in 2018. I defeated the ruling party for the first time.
As a result of this victory, Anwar Ibrahim was pardoned by the king. It was agreed between the two that Mahathir Mohamad, who was already in his 90s, would hand over the prime ministership to Anwar Ibrahim.
The contract expired in 2020 and thus the top post was out of his hands. Anwar Ibrahim has now reached his destination but in very difficult circumstances, the economy is in ruins due to covid-19 and he has to work with some of his most staunch political rivals.
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