Tag: Davos

Move on from Khashoggi, let’s do business: Saudis at Davos

DAVOS: If you somehow missed the news about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents and the global outcry that ensued, you...

CPEC will change Pakistan’s reality for better: Sartaj Aziz

ISLAMABAD: Notable economist and Planning Commision Deputy Chairman Sartaj Aziz has said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will change the reality, as well as the...

US Secretary to meet with Ukraine President in Davos

DAVOS: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and other leaders on January 26 in Davos, Switzerland. World leaders, including...

Pakistan to exercise all options to maintain sovereignty, says PM Abbasi

Reminds the world that Trump’s infamous tweet about Pakistan did not reflect ground realities Says Islamabad has a longstanding relationship with China and US,...

It is time for women to raise their voice, says Malala...

DAVOS:  Nobel Prize laureate and social activist Malala Yousafzai on Thursday said that it’s time for women to raise their voices, adding that the...

NAP should be implemented to avoid global criticism, says Bilawal

DAVOS: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday said that the National Action Plan should be thoroughly implemented in Pakistan to...

Overheard at WEF annual meeting in Davos

DAVOS: After days of heavy snowfall, the World Economic Forum opened for a full day of business in the ritzy ski resort of Davos. Here...

OBOR to create connectivity, linkages: PM

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says CPEC is most visible part of BRI Says the project helped Pakistan gain investors' confidence Calls on CEOs of Siemens,...

WEF: Dissemination of fake news can lead to major issues, says...

PPP co-chairman says big business models pose threat to real journalism, democracy in country DAVOS: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said...

Pakistan will not be influenced by US: Kh Asif

DAVOS: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif, who is in Davos, Switzerland, for the annual session of the World Economic Forum (WEF), stated on Tuesday night that...

Swiss leftists march against Trump, breakthrough Davos security cordon

ZURICH: Anti-capitalists marched through Swiss cities on Tuesday to protest a planned visit by US President Donald Trump to the World Economic Forum (WEF)...

PM Abbasi reaches Davos to attend World Economic Forum

ZURICH: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrived here Tuesday to participate in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) — being held in...

Europe retort to Trump’s ‘America First’ push in Davos

DAVOS: European leaders will be out in force at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to defend multilateralism before US President Donald...

Shah Rukh Khan receives human rights award at WEF

DAVOS: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan urged the economic elite to break down barriers of discrimination and sexism against women as they gathered for...

IT minister leaves for Davos to attend WEF meeting

ISLAMABAD: Information Technology and Telecom Minister Anusha Rahman Khan has left for Davos on a three-day official visit to participate in the annual meeting...

WEF clarifies PM’s participation in annual meeting

The World Economic Forum (WEF) in a letter on Thursday clarified that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was invited to the forum and said it...

‘Anusha walked out of Raheel Sharif’s WEF address’

Defence analyst Ikram Sehgal, while speaking during Channel 24’s programme DNA, revealed he had written a letter to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inviting him...