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Photojournalism | The State Visit Of The Honourable Barack Obama, President of The United States of America To Malaysia
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | US President Barack Obama Inspecting The Guard of Honour From The First Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment, During His Official State Welcoming Ceremony at Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur on April 26, 2014. I wish I can share a lot of other pictures with you guys about my assignment covering the official visit of Barack Obama to Malaysia but I’m too tired to write anything here. Anyway, just be patient with me, I will slowly adding more pictures from this historical event. Anyway, just to let you know also, the last U.S. President to visit Malaysia is Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966, 48 years ago. I am honoured to have been given the amazing opportunity…
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Photojournalism | Malaysia’s King Opens First Meeting Of Second Session Of 13th Parliament
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia’s King, The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, opened the first meeting of the second session of the 13th Parliament. In a break with tradition, the according of the Royal Honours was held at the Banquet Hall at Parliament House instead of the guard-of-honour at Parliament Square due to the haze. At 11 am, the bell was rung and the King was escorted into the Dewan Rakyat to deliver the royal address, 10 March, 2014. This time around, me from Department of Information Malaysia, BERNAMA and Parliament photographer manage to secure our position here to captured the meeting from this angle, centre position. Actually at…
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Photojournalism | State Visit of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III, The President of The Philippines To Malaysia
© 2014 Wazari Wazir | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. President Benigno S. Aquino III, accompanied by His Majesty The Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Di-Pertuan Agong and Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, leaves the podium after inspects an honour guard during the state welcoming ceremony at the Parliament Square in Parliament House, Februari 28, 2014. © 2014 Wazari Wazir | State Visit of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III, The President of The Philippines to Malaysia Some of the photographs taken during a state welcoming ceremony for the Philippines President Benigno S. Aquino III, outside the Parliament house in Kuala Lumpur on February 28, 2014. Aquino was accompanied by…
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Photojournalism | The Official Opening Ceremony of First Session of 13th Parliament
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia’s King Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (2nd R) receives the royal address from Prime Minister Najib Razak as Queen Haminah looks on during the opening of the parliament sitting at Parliament House. © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia’s King, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, deliver his royal address and open the first session of the 13th Parliament, here in Kuala Lumpur, on June 25th 2013. © 2013 Wazari | Some Of The Members of Media Covering The Ceremony at Parliament House Second day working at the Parliament, June 25th 2013. It was busy as usual. Actually I’ve nothing much to write here, just wanted to…
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Photojournalism | Swearing-in Ceremony of MPs in Parliament
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak taking his oath of office during the swearing-in ceremony of MPs in Parliament, June 24 2013. © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Swearing-in Ceremony of MPs ( Members of Parliament / People’s Representative) in Parliament. The term of the 13th Parliament opened Monday with all 222 MPs taking their oath of office, pledging their loyalty to the country and to defend the Federal Constitution. Some of the random photographs taken during Swearing-in Ceremony of MPs in Parliament today, June 24 2013. I’m not the only one from my department covering this event, each of us were assigned to a specific angle…