ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar will participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos which kicks off today, Monday, to meet key business and government leaders to discuss global issues of importance at the sidelines of the event.
Kakar arrived in Switzerland’s Zurich city on Sunday evening to attend the summit. Pakistan’s foreign office said last week Kakar would visit Davos from January 15-19 for the 54th WEF summit. It said Kakar would attend three key thematic events during the official trip, which include: Preventing An Era of Global Conflict, Restoring Faith in the Global System, and Preventing Economic Fracture.
The Pakistani premier would also deliver a keynote address for a session titled: ‘Trade Tech’s Trillion Dollar Promise.’
“During his visit, Prime Minister Kakar would lead a special ‘Invest in Pakistan’ event,” Pakistan Television News (PTV News) wrote on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday.
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.”
Pakistan used last year’s WEF summit to spotlight the immense damages inflicted by the disastrous 2022 floods and seek international economic assistance from world powers.
This year, the South Asian country’s prime minister heads to the summit as Pakistan gears up for elections less than a month away, rising security challenges in its western borders with Afghanistan, and an economic crisis that has triggered inflation in many parts of the country, plummeted its foreign exchange reserves and weakened its national currency.
