Pakistani Minister of State for Federal Education and Professional Training Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman (1st L) hands over E-9 chairmanship to Bangladeshi Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid (1st R) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Feb. 5, 2017. A high-level conference of E-9, a forum of nine high-population countries, began here Sunday to discuss policies necessary for the member states to achieve the United Nations' education-related "Sustainable Development Goal-4". (Xinhua)