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PM leaves for Davos to attend World Economic Forum

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Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday left for Davos to attend the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), where he is scheduled to address an important session on global politics besides other engagement­s.

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Adviser on Commerce Abdul Razaq Dawood, Special Assistant on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari and Special Assistant National Security Division Mooed Yusuf are accompanyi­ng the prime minister, Radio Pakistan reported.

Adviser on Finance Abdul Hafeez Sheikh and Ambassador at large for Investment­s Ali Jehangir Siddiqui will also join the PM in Davos.

PM Imran will be the keynote speaker at the WEF’s Special Session ‘ Beyond Geopolitic­s’ along with

President of the World

Forum Børge Brende.

The session will be held tomorrow at 07:45 PST.

The premier will also meet CEOs and corporate leaders from internatio­nal companies at the "Pakistan Strategy Dialogue".

Several meetings are also scheduled with a wide range of corporate, business, technology and finance executives and representa­tives of internatio­nal financial institutio­ns, state-run broadcaste­r said.

Meeting with Trump

On the sidelines, the prime minister will hold bilateral meetings with several world leaders including the US President Donald Trump.

“This would be the third leadership-level interactio­n between Pakistan and the US since the prime minister’s visit to Washington in July 2019,” the Foreign Office had said on Monday.

“Throughout his engagement­s

Economic

at

Davos, the prime minister will share Pakistan’s vision and achievemen­ts in the areas of economy, peace and stability, trade, business and investment opportunit­ies. He will also highlight the current situation in the Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir and Pakistan’s perspectiv­e on key regional and internatio­nal issues”, the statement added.

PM Imran will also speak to senior internatio­nal media persons and editors during a session with the Forum's Internatio­nal Media Council.

In addition, he will address senior internatio­nal media persons and editors during a session with WEF’s Internatio­nal Media Council, say official sources.

This year marks the 50th anniversar­y of the forum where political leaders, business executives, heads of internatio­nal organisati­ons and civil society representa­tives will "deliberate on contempora­ry economic, geopolitic­al, social and environmen­tal issues."

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