丝路人：巴基斯坦医生的“中国情缘” | Meet the doctor at Uchar Chinese Camp

丝路人

“国之交在于民相亲，民相亲在于心相通。”

“一带一路”不仅是经济、贸易之路，也是文明、友谊之路。

在过去几年中，“一带一路”沿线国家的民众们也积极参与到建设当中来，共建"民心相通桥"， 共享发展成果。

在本期《丝路人》系列视频中，一个中文名叫茹涵的巴基斯坦小伙分享了他和中国的“不解之缘”，讲述了他的“一带一路”故事。

Close cooperation of infrastructures, economies, and technologies have grealy thrived between China and its partner nations since the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013.

Thanks to deepening ties between the countries, more foreigners are realizing the value of life in Chinese companies.

CGTN is sharing the personal stories of seven employees who work in Chinese companies that are based in their own countries.

In the first episode of "The Faces," Rehmat Ali from Pakistan shares his own story of being a doctor in the relocation of Karakoram Highway (KKH) project.

The Karakoram highway connects Ali and China

茹涵的“中国情缘”要从喀喇昆仑公路工程说起。

喀喇昆仑公路始建于20世纪60年代，这条连接中国西部与巴基斯坦的公路是当时中国政府对外援助的最大的两个工程项目之一。它是世界上平均海拔最高的公路，也是见证中巴两国友谊的标志性工程。

茹涵的父亲10岁时，喀喇昆仑公路项目正修到他家乡附近。当时，他在工地帮忙干一些做饭的工作。

建筑工地上，踏实肯干、乐于助人的中国筑路工人给茹涵父亲留下了深刻的印象。在工地上的工作经历也影响了他的一生，甚至还影响了茹涵。

Best known as the Friendship Highway in China, the KKH was started in 1966 and completed in 1979, following the close cooperation between China and Pakistan. It starts from Xinjiang, China, and ends in Thakot, Pakistan, with a length of 1,032 kilometers.

In 1968, KKH was extended to Rehmat's hometown Besham district Shangla, and his father, then a 10-year-old boy, decided to work for it from Thakot to Chilas. He was so young that finally, he decided to help to cook for the Chinese engineers.

A view of the Karakoram highway between Gilgit and Karimabad. /VCG Photo

"My father says that most of the Chinese were very skillful and they taught the local people the site work, and they also helped the locals in daily life, later when I was born, the Chinese there also took care of me," Ali said, "and my father acted as an interpreter as the Chinese didn't know English and local language."

Through the reminiscence of his father, Ali was deeply touched by the Chinese workers.

"So I also want to contribute to this evergreen Pakistan-China friendship."

Ali works for KKH

茹涵曾在中国留学6年，获得了西安交通大学临床医学专业学士学位。

回到巴基斯坦后，他在当地有名的斯瓦特医院实习，并取得了执业医生资格。

由于巴基斯坦修建达苏水电站大坝的需要，喀喇昆仑公路的部分路段将被水淹没，需提前改线，这个改线工程项目由中国铁建中土集团承建。该项目施工难度很大，现场爆破带来的震动，很容易造成落石、崩塌、甚至是山体滑坡，给作业人员和施工设备带来一定的安全威胁。

2015年，在父亲的大力支持下，阿里加入这个项目。他成为了一名驻地医生，为工地上的工作人员诊疗。

Ali studied in Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center from 2008 to 2013. With the support of his father, he joined The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation(CCECC) in the relocation of KKH project as the result of Dasu hydropower project (DHP) in 2015.

The DHP includes the construction of a 5,400MW hydropower plant on the Indus River near Dasu. After the dam is completed, the water level in the reservoir will rise by more than 100 meters, which will inundate part of the KKH.

The CCECC performs the relocation of a 25-kilometer stretch of the KKH from Dasu to Kaigah. Rehmat Ali is the only doctor in this mega project. Apart from the daily medical care, his main job is driving the ambulance to the blast site in case any injury happens.

A massive landslide occurs at the site. /Photo courtesy of CCECC

The rock is fragile in the blast area, and it easily causes a massive landslide after a blast. Ali and his colleagues must drive very carefully on the way to and back from the site. However, all the Chinese colleagues feel safe when Ali and his ambulance are right there for them.

Rehmat Ali believes that the Belt and Road Initiative and the China-Pakistan economic projects provide a rare opportunity for Pakistan's economic development, and they improve the living standards of people in the Dazu area.

He hopes when KKH is completed, he can continue to work on other projects of China–Pakistan Economic Corridor.

"I hope Pakistan will develop well economically and have more high-speed trains and subways like China do," he said.