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Usman the Pakistani ‘friend zoned’ boy becomes a Twitter sensation overnight - 2
Ushna Shah’s ‘sexist’ remarks to a pizza delivery guy set Twitter on fire - 3
Pakistan Army dismisses three officers for misuse of authority, illegal activities - 4
No likelihood Pakistan will be included in FATF black list - 5
Modi threatens to stop water flow to Pakistan - 6
In pictures: Day 1 of William, Kate’s royal visit to Pakistan - 7
Prince William, Kate Middleton rock traditional Chitrali wear - 8
Climate change in focus as royal couple visits Chitral - 9
Kate Middleton stuns in green and white while meeting PM Imran Khan - 10
In pictures: Mahira Khan, Atif Aslam and other celebs attend the Royal dinner
Stories by Faran Mahmood
Fixing infrastructure - lessons from four years of CPEC
Country needs to better negotiate energy tariffs, return on equity
The curious case of CPEC Authority
CPEC deals with complex interactions; there is little room for a central authority
Case of corruption and economic growth in Pakistan
Extensive reforms of electoral system, public machinery required to tackle corruption
Strengthen regulators before reforming SOEs
PTA and SBP are examples of strong regulators that helped turn around companies
Holding company for state-owned enterprises restructuring may be self-defeating approach
Accumulated debt of 200 public enterprises has now surpassed Rs1 trillion mark
Reskilling for jobs of the future
What we need is a broad skills base by creating an agile but demand-led skills engine that can respond to any
Sarmaya-e-Pakistan to fix the unfixable state-owned enterprises
It is, however, not clear how directors of the new holding company will be held accountable
Bureaucracy – a hurdle to public-private partnerships
PPP model can be very effective as it provides private capital and expertise
