immigrants from Indonesia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka who departed the country under an amnesty which ended in March 2005. Lt. General Tahir Mahmud Qazi, Pakistan's High Commissioner to Malaysia, expected that the number of Pakistanis in Malaysia would reach that figure of 100,000 by the end of 2010. Some Pakistani workers recruited by the unscrupulous employment agencies often live in bad conditions in Malaysia; after an inspection tour, Pakistani senators Fauzia Fakhru Zaman and Rukhsana Zuberi said they had seen many workers who were weak due to lack of proper food and requested to be taken home, while others were receiving only RM400 in monthly salary after having been promised nearly four times that much by recruiters. The senators also blasted the Pakistani High Commission in Malaysia for taking no action on behalf of Pakistani workers there and for overcharging them for land purchases in Pakistan under the OPF Housing Scheme. Travel In addition to the Pakistanis working in Malaysia, the country receives as many as 50,000 visitors from Pakistan each year; Pakistan's Airblue plans has launched direct flights to Kuala Lumpur in 2009 and ordered fourteen Airbus A320 planes to service the route. Notable people Almost all figures in the list of the notable people Pakistani descent in Malaysia are of mixed descent, particularly with the ethnic Malays. Mixed-marriage is a pattern which is shared with most of Pakistani descent in Malaysia (excluding to the recently arrived migrants), after settling in the Malaysian soil after generations, assimilation process and the common Islamic background. Sohaib Amir Bukhari Ashmen Iskandar Weiss – Malaysian teen idol Bront Palarae – Malaysia actor Izara Aishah Hisham – Malaysian model and actress. Kalsom of Pahang – Former Sultanah of the state of Pahang Musa Aman – Former the Chief Minister of Sabah Neelofa – Malaysian beauty queen and television personality. Tahseen Ullah Khan – Defence Attaché at the Pakistan High Commission in Malaysia (1996–1999) See also Malaysia–Pakistan relations Notes References External links High Commission for Pakistan, Kuala Lumpur Pakistani Malaysia Malaysia Malaysia–Pakistan relations Immigration to Malaysia