PAKISTAN OFFERS TO BEEF UP BUFFALO RESEARCH IN MSIA

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (Bernama) -- Pakistan is willing to undertake joint
research with Malaysia to beef up the local buffalo industry.

This includes the export of live animals and semen for artificial breeding.

Pakistani High Commissioner Lt General (Rtd) Tahir Mahmud Qazi said in a
statement Tuesday, he made the offer to Malaysia's veterinary director-general
Dr Abd Aziz Jamaluddin in a meeting here last week.

He also sought Malaysia's cooperation to speed up the process of 'halal'
certification of meat products imported from Pakistan.

Pakistan has 29 million buffalo of the Nili Ravi Breed species.

-- BERNAMA