Oleh/By		:	DATO' SERI DR. MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD 
Tempat/Venue 	: 	SRI PERDANA, KUALA LUMPUR 
Tarikh/Date 	: 	05/11/87 
Tajuk/Title  	:	THE OFFICIAL DINNER IN HONOUR OF 
			HIS EXCELLENCY MOHAMMAD KHAN JUNEJO, 
			PRIME MINISTER OF THE ISLAMIC 
			REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN 




 Your Excellency Mr. Mohammad Khan Junejo;
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen
    On  behalf  of  the Government and people of Malaysia I
would like to extend a very warm welcome to Your  Excellency
on  the  occasion  of  your  official  visit to Malaysia.  I
recall  with fond memories the generous hospitality accorded
to  me  and my wife by the Government and people of Pakistan
during our visit to your beautiful country  in  March  1984.
Two  years earlier, in 1982, we had the privilege of hosting
your   President,  His Excellency General Zia Ul-Haq.  It is
therefore  an honour and pleasure for me to be able to  play
host  to  Your  Excellency  during your  three-day visit  to
Malaysia.  As  this  is  Your  Excellency's  first  official
visit  to Malaysia, I  sincerely  hope  that your stay here,
though a brief one, will enable you to understand the varied
aspects of Malaysia and meet with some of our people.
Your Excellency
2.   Pakistan and Malaysia have a long history of  ties  and
contacts.    Our  people  share a common faith in Islam.  We
have many things in common and our discussions earlier  this
afternoon  confirmed, once again, that Malaysia and Pakistan
share a mutuality of interests.
3.   Both our countries are already engaged in a formal  and
continuing  dialogue through our Joint Committee on Economic
and Technical Cooperation.  Your visit, Excellency,  will no
doubt  provide the  impetus  for further discussions as well
as contacts  at other levels.   But we  welcome  your  visit
most  for  the  friendship  it  brings and for the closeness
of ties between our two countries.    Your  visit  will also
strengthen  our   common  resolve  to  bring   progress  and
prosperity  to  our  people  and  peace  and security to our
region.
4.   We  in  Malaysia  follow   with   keen   interest   the
determination  and  urgency  with which your  Government  is
pursuing socio-economic reforms to  bring development to the
people where they are needed most. We pray for your  success
in this  endeavour. That you and your partners in SAARC  are
also  endeavouring  to  adopt regional approaches to achieve
the common good cannot but receive acclaim  from  us in this
region who have long believed in and  derived benefits  from
our own regional collaboration in ASEAN.
5.   Pakistan and Malaysia can take pride in  that  we  have
put  into  practice  the  principle   of   self-help.   Your
nationals have received training in  Malaysia,  and  ours in
Pakistan,    in    various   technical   fields.   Pakistani
professionals  have provided service in  Malaysia  and  many
young Malaysians are enrolled in  institutions  of  learning
in  Pakistan.  Malaysia  is  also  appreciative  of the warm
gesture of friendship shown by Pakistan  by  the   provision
of places  for Malaysian students in Pakistan's institutions
of   higher learning,particularly, the special consideration
that  has   been   given   to  us   for  additional  places.
Excellency, we are now left with the task of  exploring  new
areas  for   technical   and    economic   cooperation   and
identifying  weaknesses if any.
Your Excellency
6.   Malaysia  and  Pakistan  face  the  same   problem   of
inequities  in  international   economic   relations   while
aspiring to  deliver  the benefits of development at home to
our  people.     In  our  endeavours  we  are beset with the
rising threat of protectionism and the so called "solutions"
reached   by  developed countries at our expense without due
regard to  our   needs.  In response  to  this international
environment, we, the developing countries of the South, have
in some measure responded through the formation of the South
Commission. We  both  support  the  South Commission chaired
by H.E. Dr. Julius Nyerere  which has  the  task of charting
a framework for cooperation among developing countries.
7.   Our  time  is  characterized  by  swirling  changes and
perennial  problems.    Developing  countries, particularly,
are  confronted at both ends.  The inequalities of the past,
economic  and  political, remain largely unresolved and  yet
the challenges of the future in the  wake  of  a  revolution
in technology  place  developing countries  in an even  more
unequal  and pre-carious situation.  Options become limited.
In this context, it is comforting that Pakistan and Malaysia
are in the   vanguard  of  efforts  within  the  Non-Aligned
Movement and  other affiliations to effect common  positions
to overcome problems affecting developing countries. Sharing
common perspectives and approaches  to  the  issues  of  our
time,     Pakistan  and  Malaysia   have  worked together to
strengthen international solidarity to find solutions to the
problems of foreign occupation in  Kampuchea and Afghanistan
which  have destabilized our respective regions, the Israeli
occupation  of Arab lands and their continued opposition  to
the creation of the   state of Palestine which is an affront
to the Ummah,  and the   inhumanity of apartheid which is an
abomination to  civilized   people everywhere.  We share the
anguish over  the  unending  conflict  between the brotherly
nations of Iran and Iraq and we view with equal concern  the
militarization  and  the dangerously escalating situation in
the Gulf.
8.   The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan has not only posed
a  threat  to  Pakistan's  security but it has also burdened
Pakistan  with  millions  of  Afghan  refugees  escaping the
ravages  of  occupation of their country.  The international
community  should  be  appreciative  of  the continuing role
of Pakistan in this matter.
9.  We observe with a deep sense of admiration that Pakistan
has been playing an active and motivating role in te  O.I.C.
for  the cause of the Ummah.  Notable amongst these are your
contributions   and  role  towards  the promotion of Islamic
solidarity   in the economic, social and educational fields,
and for the upliftment of Muslims all over the world.In this
regard, I am  happy to see that both our countries have been
cooperating very closely and actively as an extension of our
close and warm bilateral relations.
Your Excellency
10.  Your  stay  amongst  us  is   altogether   too   short.
Nevertheless,  we  hope  it will give you  some  impressions
about the  efforts  we  are making to bring  progress to our
people.  And  as we strive on  with  the  task  of  national
consolidation in  a  common quest to better the lot  of  our
people,  let  us be  mindful  always  about  the rewards  of
sharing which is indeed enjoined by Islam and  the  strength
we  can derive from  reciprocal assistance.
11.  Let  me say once again how delighted we are to have you
in our midst.  Ladies and Gentlemen, may I now invite you to
join  me  in  wishing  for  the  continued  good  health and
happiness of the Prime Minister of the  Islamic Republic  of
Pakistan, to the continued prosperity and well-being of  the
Government and people of Pakistan and to the  ever-expanding
relations  between  Malaysia  and  the  Islamic  Republic of
Pakistan.
     Thank you.