public sectors dealing in halal food

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 (Bernama) -- The public sectors dealing in halal food
in Malaysia and Pakistan are working towards forging linkages to increase
cooperation in the field of agriculture and veterinary services.

Wajihullah Kundi, commercial counselor for the Pakistan High Commission
here, said a high level delegation from the Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry
Ministry and Veterinary Services Department was currently in Pakistan to
ascertain prospects for forging strategic cooperation.

He said the effort was in line with the Malaysia External Trade Development
Corporation's target to increase bilateral trade between the two countries from
the existing level of over US$1 billion to US$10 billion by 2015.

A delegation comprising of officers from the Agriculture and Agro-Based
Industry Ministry and Veterinary Services Department will hold meetings with
their Pakistani counterparts, Kundi said in a statement here Friday.

The delegation, he said, will also visit world-class infrastructure
established by the private sector in Pakistan, including the Livestock
Production Research Institute at Lahore and the Buffalo Research Institute in
Punjab.

"The delegation is expected to join and share their findings with the
ministerial level delegation of the Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Ministry
which will visit Pakistan from Dec 14 to 17," he added.
-- BERNAMA