Muhammad Imran and his wife, Asma Rafique, sit in the courtyard of their home in Qadirabad near the Sahiwal coal power plant. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

    The Chinese Coal Offer Pakistan Couldn’t Afford But Didn’t Refuse

    Planet China: Fourteenth in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world. QADIRABAD, Pakistan—Only a few weeks to wrap up a lifetime. The thought crossed Muhammad Imran’s mind and lingered as he prepared in November to depart the country with his family, perhaps for good. Disheartened by Pakistan’s chronic…

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