Finally, the jury decided to award the Honourable Mention of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy to Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik , Secretary, Government of the Punjab, Pakistan.

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"When talking to the Taliban, three powers have to be on the same page: the United States, the Pakistan army and the government, " said Rasul Bakhsh Rais, a politics professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.

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