The makeshift chairlifts that bring kids to school in remote, mountainous regions of Pakistan are a local solution to a common problem: the scarcity of roads and buses. Arifa Noor, a columnist for the Pakistani newspaper Dawn, in Islamabad, talks with The World’s Marco Werman about how and why the jerry-rigged transport system sprung up.
We want to hear your feedback so we can keep improving our website, theworld.org. Please fill out this quick survey and let us know your thoughts (your answers will be anonymous). Thanks for your time!