Pakistan, Jan. 21 -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos comes at a pivotal moment. Leading a senior delegation, he will engage political leaders and global investors while chairing a Pakistan-focused business roundtable aimed at presenting the government's economic priorities and reform trajectory.

The Foreign Office has framed the visit as an effort to project Pakistan as a responsible global stakeholder. Considering the flurry of stabilisation headlines (inflation falling sharply from crisis highs, the rupee steadying, and international rating agencies moving Pakistan out of emergency brackets), the conversation has definitely changed. That Islamabad is also preparing to re-enter the global bond ...