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EDITORIAL: It’s encouraging that Pakistan has finally moved to develop a comprehensive national policy for waste-to-energy projects, even though this initiative should have arrived years ago. The formation of an 18-member task force to address regulatory gaps, encourage investment and propose a national framework deserves support because the underlying logic is difficult to dispute. After all, few countries combine such severe waste-management challenges with such persistent energy shortages....