Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad Saturday left for Jakarta after concluding a successful three-day visit to Pakistan and attending Pakistan Day celebrations. The Malaysian prime minister visited the country on the invitation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, and was the guest of honour at Pakistan Day parade. Mahathir, who was accompanied by a high-level delegation, was received at Nur Khan airbase by the prime minister, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Khusro Bakhtyar. He was given a 21-gun salute upon his arrival.
President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday conferred the country's top civil award - Nishan-e-Pakistan - on Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. The award was given at a ceremony held at the President House on Friday which was attended by the PM Khan, federal ministers, parliamentarians, services chiefs and members of the Malaysian delegation.
During the visit, Dr Mahathir said, businessmen from the two countries would sign $800 million worth of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) in areas of "telecommunication, technology, automobiles and Halal food." The visit largely aimed at enhancing business-to-business contacts and using them for Pakistan's outreach to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), Razak Dawood, adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce, told a news conference in Islamabad.
At the end of Pakistan day function, Dr Mohamad inspected Pakistan-made JF-17 Thunders along with Prime Minister Imran Khan at Nur Khan Airbase. He was given a detailed briefing on JF-17 Thunder fighter jets and also shown the aircraft's cockpit and interior. Prime Minister Imran Khan himself saw him off at the Nur Khan Airbase.
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