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The Fifth Floor: Tracking Pakistan’s petrol smugglers

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07/07/2023 GMT

Tracking Pakistan’s petrol smugglers

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Following in the tracks of the drivers smuggling Iranian petrol into Pakistan

Following in the tracks of the drivers smuggling Iranian petrol into Pakistan.

BBC Urdu’s Saher Baloch follows in the dirt tracks of the petrol smugglers bringing fuel from Iran into the border town of Mashkel in Balochistan, and onwards into the markets of Karachi, Islamabad and Rawalpindi. 

Vietnam's coffee culture 
Vietnam’s coffee culture is vibrant and unique, with popular coffee orders that include egg yolk and even fruit.  Which may explain why international chains have failed to conquer the market, as BBC Vietnamese's Thuong Le explains. 

Inside the "Well of Death"
The so-called Well of Death is a traditional show at fairs in India, where stunt drivers defy gravity to ride cars and motorbikes around the inner walls of a huge barrel-shaped structure.  BBC Delhi’s Anshul Verma watched them in action.    

Seedlings for healthcare in Madagascar 
A scheme in Madagascar is giving free healthcare in exchange for tree seedlings, to improve the health of rural communities and fight deforestation.  Elphas Lagat of BBC Africa went to Madagascar to see how it works.   

South Korean fishers and Fukushima
The International Atomic Energy Agency this week approved a Japanese plan to start releasing treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean.   Many in South Korea fear the impact on their fishing industry, and health, as BBC Korean’s Yuna Ku reports.

(Photo: Blue Zamyad smuggling truck loaded with petrol cannisters in Pakistan. Credit: BBC)

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