KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9: An anti-terrorism pact between Malaysia and Pakistan is at an “advanced stage” after intensive negotiations over the past year, the Pakistan High Commission said on Monday.

The agreement would enable security agencies in both countries to share information in a bid to prevent terrorism and transnational crime, High Commissioner Talat Munir told the Star daily in an interview.

An official at the high commission said the agreement, first proposed by Pakistan in 2003, was still being discussed and there was no date set yet for a signing.

“It has been negotiated intensively for the past year since the Malaysian prime minister went to Pakistan and therefore it is at an advanced stage,” he said.

“Both sides are working on the text so it will take time,” he added. Mr Munir told the Star that the two countries cooperated on a case-by-case basis, citing the example of 13 Malaysian students in Karachi arrested and later released in 2003.—AFP