The Independent - London, July 15th, 1999
IT LOOKS a hopeless task. Ghulam Nabi and 94 other men in shabby overalls are trying to clear a giant rockfall that has blocked the Karakoram Highway - the 1,000-mile long ribbon of rutted tarmac that stretches from the plains ofnorthern Pakistan over the Himalayas to the deserts of South- west China. There look to be around a million tons of rubble in front of them and Mr Nabi and his colleagues appear to have only one drill
It is a hopeless task. Though Mr Nabi and his friends may eventually clear this blockage they will never clear the road. More than a thousand men are deployed by the Pak...
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