Islamabad: Pakistan’s Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar will attend the upcoming World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in Davos this month, the foreign office announced on Thursday, saying that he would meet key business and government leaders during the summit.
The WEF describes itself as an international organization for public-private cooperation. It engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas.
The forum was established in 1971 as a not-for-profit foundation and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Rebuilding Trust.”
“Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar will visit Davos, Switzerland, on 15-19 January 2024, to participate in the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF),” Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, the spokesperson of Pakistan’s foreign office, said during a weekly press briefing.
She said the Pakistani premier will attend three key thematic events titled: Preventing An Era of Global Conflict, Restoring Faith in the Global System, and the third, Preventing Economic Fracture.
“The Prime Minister will also deliver a keynote address on the theme “Trade Tech’s Trillion Dollar Promise” and hold meetings with government and business leaders on the sidelines,” she said.
Pakistan was last year represented at the WEF by then-foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. The 53rd WEF meeting took place in the backdrop of unprecedented monsoon rains in Pakistan that triggered flash floods in many parts of the country.
Pakistani officials during the annual Davos meeting last year sought international help to mitigate the damage caused by the floods and to ward off an economic crisis that nearly caused the country to suffer a sovereign default.
