Pakistan, April 24 -- Three years ago, 28-year-old Maryam Saleem decided to forgo an urban life in Islamabad and head to the remote mountains. She found out later that she had made the right decision.
Saleem is working at the construction site of Karot Hydropower Plant, some 70 km east of the capital. With roaring juggernauts and raging muddy currents, it turned out to be 'quite noisy', compared to a very 'peaceful and quiet' Islamabad.
Nevertheless, "my decision is not wrong," Saleem said. She now is a health, safety and environment (HSE) engineer at the hydropower station, a major pilot project of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). It is expected to be completed in 2021 and generate 3.2 billion units of cheap and clean electri...