I make my way from Tibet to Pakistan and try to avoid hard work (5)

I believe the answer is:

indus

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(Other definitions for indus that I've seen before include "Main river of Pakistan" , "River of India and Pakistan" , "Asian runner" , "South Asian river" , "Punjab river" .)

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