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Dec 2023
18m 19s

Business Daily Meets: Dr Yasmeen Lari

Bbc World Service
About this episode

Pakistan's first female architect came out of retirement to help rebuild her country after the 2005 earthquake.

Now she's helping communities devastated by the 2022 floods.

Dr Lari talks about her experience starting out in a male-dominated field, the changing focus of her career, and her mission to build a million flood-resilient homes in Pakistan by 2024.

Produced and presented by Emb Hashmi.

(Image: Dr Yasmeen Lari. Credit: Getty Images)

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