Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani will leave for Switzerland on Tuesday to participate in the annual meeting of World Economic Forum (WEF), the official Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported on Sunday.

Gilani will participate in various sessions of WEF meeting on this year's theme "Shaping the Post-Crisis World," which will be attended by over 40 heads of states and governments, and around 2, 500 other participants from 96 countries, said the report.

On the sidelines of the WEF, Gilani is expected to meet various world leaders, according to the APP.

Gilani's delegation for the main WEF sessions will comprise Privatization Minister Naveed Qamar and State Minister for Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar.

(Xinhua News Agency January 26, 2009)