Pakistan's capital picks concrete over trees, angering residents

Built in the 1960s, Islamabad was planned as a green city, with wide avenues, parks and tree-lined sectors. Many residents fear that vision is steadily being eroded, with concrete replacing green spaces. Muhammad Naveed took the authorities to court this year over "large-scale tree cutting" for infrastructure projects, accusing them of felling "many mature trees" and leaving land "barren". The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) blamed major infrastructure development, including road construction and monuments...