Pakistan to have a strong presence at World Economic Forum in Davod from January 25-29. So is India. Pervez Musharraf is attending this Forum
Taking place from 25 – 29 January, WEF is an independent international organisation committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas. The 2006 Forum will see 2,340 participants from 89 countries. This comprises 15 heads of state or government, including Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany, who will give the Forum’s opening speech, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey, Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan and Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Prime Minister of Poland. Other political speakers include Jack Straw, United Kingdom Foreign Secretary, and Robert Zoellick, US Deputy Secretary of State.
The business world will be represented by more than 730 chairmen and CEOs from the world’s leading companies will take active part in the discussions - the highest ever since the World Economic Forum was launched in 1971. Business participants include Paul D. Wolfowitz, President, World Bank, and Sir Richard Branson, Founder and Chairman Virgin
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Asked by Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum, why he believes that Pakistan and India should be able to settle their disputes, Musharraf said that his “optimism is based on the fact that we realize that we need to address all issues including Kashmir. Kashmir cannot be sidelined.” Addressing the political situation in his own country, Musharraf insisted that religious extremism would not derail the democratization process. He pointed out that his government has introduced democratic reforms at the grassroots and set up a system of checks and balances at the national level. He also assured participants that Pakistan’s “nuclear assets are under total custodial control” and will never fall into the hands of extremists.