Prime Minister of Malaysia Dr Mahathir Mohamad will arrive on a three-day visit today (Thursday) to participate in Pakistan Day parade as the guest of honour and also to hold talks with the country leadership focusing on economic, trade, investment, and defence ties. According to a statement of the Foreign Office, the Malaysian prime minister will visit Pakistan from 21-23 March 2019 at the invitation of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The Malaysian prime minister will be accompanied by a high-level delegation including several leading businessmen. During his stay in Islamabad, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad would be the guest of honour at the Pakistan Day Parade on March 23. Prime Minister Mahathir's bilateral engagements include call on the President of Pakistan, one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan followed by delegation level talks, it added.
The two prime ministers will also speak at the round table meeting of the CEOs of industries, who desire to invest in automobile and telecommunication sectors of Pakistan.
"Prime Minister Mahathir's visit would further cement the existing brotherly and friendly relations between the two countries," the Foreign Office stated, adding that the focus of the interest is on enhancing economic, trade, investment, and defence ties, for the mutual benefit of the peoples of the two countries.