PM Abbasi to represent Pakistan at Davos

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi would lead Pakistan's delegation at the World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland.

The theme of the four-day event, beginning on Tuesday, is Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World, an official statement said on Monday.

The meeting, spread over more than four hundred sessions, would call for leaders to work together to create a shared narrative that will improve the state of the world.



The PM's delegation includes Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif, Health Minister Saira Afzal Tarar, State Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb, State Minister for Telecom Anusha Rehman and others.

In a statement, the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting said majority of delegation members representing Pakistan at Davos Forum are women. She shows the importance being given to women by the government of PM Abbasi.

Marriyum said the Pakistani delegation would highlight achievements made by Pakistan during the last four and a half years in the realm of economy, good governance, security, contribution and role of Pakistan in the war against terror and strengthening of democracy.

She said there was supremacy of the Constitution and rule of law in the country and added that institutions are fully empowered.

She said civil society in Pakistan is active, freedom of expression is protected by the Constitution, media has unprecedented freedom, people are taking full advantage of modern technology -- including social media and the country is recognised as an emerging economy.