PM Abbasi meets Chairman WEF Klaus Schwab

News Image

MG News | January 25, 2018 at 04:24 PM GMT+05:00

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Thursday met Founder and Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Professor Klaus Schwab, in a bilateral meeting at the sidelines of the WEF Annual Meeting 2018 in Davos.

Special Assistant to Prime Minister Ali Jehangir Siddiqui was also present, said a PM Office press release.

Professor Schwab discussed with the prime minister the economic situation of Pakistan. The prime minister apprised the WEF chairman that Pakistan’s economic growth would reach 6% this year.

Professor Schwab appreciated the efforts and measures taken by the present Pakistani government for registering a significant growth in the economy.

He also noted the size of young population of Pakistan and appreciated the prime minister’s focus on creating jobs for the youth in Pakistan.

Related News

Name Price/Vol %Chg/NChg
KSE100 180,104.61
388.90M
-0.11%
-206.60
ALLSHR 108,838.05
888.10M
-0.14%
-150.10
KSE30 53,603.57
82.09M
-0.20%
-109.40
KMI30 252,988.26
112.53M
-0.14%
-356.16
KMIALLSHR 69,789.36
622.55M
0.02%
11.95
BKTi 51,939.19
21.86M
-0.35%
-181.79
OGTi 35,691.88
10.10M
0.01%
3.44
Symbol Bid/Ask High/Low
Name Last High/Low Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES 63,030.00 63,340.00
62,800.00
55.00
0.09%
BRENT CRUDE 88.82 88.95
86.20
1.75
2.01%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY 110.00 110.00
110.00
-0.65
-0.59%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY 122.30 122.30
122.30
0.30
0.25%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN 1,175.00 1,175.00
1,175.00
0.00
0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI 82.40 0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00%
SUGAR #11 WORLD 16.60 16.85
16.50
-0.22
-1.31%

Chart of the Day


Latest News
August 16, 2026 at 04:59 PM GMT+05:00

Finance Minister conferred Nishan-i-Imtiaz


August 16, 2026 at 04:53 PM GMT+05:00

Imdad Ullah Bosal conferred Hilal-i-Imtiaz


August 15, 2026 at 01:00 PM GMT+05:00

Key Pakistan Market Stats and Economic Indicators


August 15, 2026 at 10:06 AM GMT+05:00

Weekly Market Roundup



Top 5 things to watch in this week

Pakistan Stock Movers
Name Last Chg/%Chg
Name Last Chg/%Chg