Malaysian team to explore business and investment opportunities: MATRADE mission due on may 25

A 20-member delegation of Malaysian professionals, entrepreneurs, traders and investors is visiting Pakistan from May 25 to June 2 to explore business, trade and investment opportunities in Pakistan. The visit has been planned by Malaysia's External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE).
According to the Commercial Counsellor of Pakistan in Kuala Lumpur, mission, during its stay in Pakistan, will visit Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore and would meet trade, investment and industrial representative bodies. The delegation will undertake factory visits, besides studying the market potential for Malaysian products and services in Pakistan and to forge business ties with their Pakistani counterparts.
Officials say that objective of the mission is to promote Malaysian products and services as well as explore market opportunities in Pakistan and to cultivate direct business contacts between businessmen in the two countries and take advantage of Malaysia-Pakistan free trade agreement (FTA).
According to Director of International Networking Division of MATRADE Dzulkifli Mahmud, the visit is in line with the Malaysia's vision to increase the volume of trade between the two countries from its exiting level of 1.17 billion dollars to 10 billion dollars by 2015.
The delegation also includes representatives of Professional Skills Development Corporation of Malaysia (PSDC), representatives of which during their visit will explore bilateral co-operation in services sectors of the two countries, particularly in the field of capacity building of Pakistani professionals.