Pak delegation to attend WIEF

LAHORE—Another two high profile Pak delegations from corporate sector will attend a 3-day 4th World Islamic Economic
Forum (WIEF) being held in Kuwait from April 29, with Emir Kuwait,Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in chair.
Internationally renowned economists from different sectors including Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Prime Minister of India,Dr.Manmohan Singh will deliver thought provoking speeches to the Muslim traders and businessmen on the issue of “ Islamic Countries:Partners in the Global Development”. The most important issue yet in the Muslim world at this moment is the existence of a wide poverty gap between nations.A sizeable proportion of Muslim societies live in abject poverty, despite the presence of immense wealth in other parts of the Muslim world.
Co-Chairman, Businessmen Panel, the largest alliance of chambers in Pakistan which has organised this visit to Kuwait, Iftikhar Ali Malik told APP here Sunday that during the different sessions and workshops, various modalities would be thrashed out how poverty can be tackled.—APP