Islamabad: Pakistan and Malaysia have agreed to establish a new cooperation framework aimed at enhancing maritime training programs and deepening collaboration in the port sector. The breakthrough came during a bilateral meeting between Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs, Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry, and Malaysia’s Deputy Minister of Transport, Datuk Hasbi bin Habibollah, held on the sidelines of international maritime events in the United Kingdom on Tuesday.
Both ministers reviewed existing cooperation under various MoUs and identified new areas for joint ventures, including faculty and cadet exchange programs, specialized training in port management, and technology transfer initiatives. Minister Chaudhry emphasized that the enhanced partnership will significantly boost Pakistan’s maritime human resource capabilities and modernize Gwadar and Karachi ports. An official statement from the Ministry termed the talks “highly productive,” adding that working groups will be formed soon to finalize actionable plans before the next Joint Ministerial Commission meeting.