Premier set to leave for Davos to attend WEF

Nawaz Sharif is to meet different heads of states as well as top business leaders

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to leave for the Swiss city of Davos ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s annual meeting which opens on January 17.

The visit is taking place at the invitation of WEF’s Executive Chairman Professor Klaus Schwab, said an official statement issued on Sunday.



“The prime minister has a full agenda at Davos, including a number of bilateral meetings with heads of states, as well as with business leaders,” it said. Among others, he will meet the new secretary feneral of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, as well as the Swiss President Doris Leuthard at Davos.

Nawaz will also address a large group of about 60 top business leaders on “Investing in Pakistan: The New Reality”. In addition, he will have a roundtable meeting in which the premier will share, with a select group of business leaders, the dramatic economic changes taking place in Pakistan and the immense investment and trade opportunities that are opening up in the country.

Over 3,200 heads of states, public figures, top business leaders, academics and media leaders will participate in the WEF Annual Meeting 2017.  The theme for the 2017 WEF Annual Meeting is “Responsive and Responsible Leadership”.  The WEF Annual Meeting provides an unparalleled platform to discuss wide-ranging economic and political issues.



Participants at WEF 2017 will reflect on the key challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Strengthening global collaboration, and revitalising the global economy.

General (retd) Raheel Sharif will also speak at three sessions of the WEF, highlighting security issues reshaping the global agenda and on opportunities emerging in South Asia under the $55 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 16^th, 2017.