Scotland's soul in Sialkot

The skirl of bagpipes may conjure up the chilly moors of Scotland, but a British colonial legacy means the unique sound is echoed on Pakistan's dusty Punjab plains. Not only do Pakistanis play the instruments, they manufacture them and claim to export more than any country except Scotland. “I love playing a bagpipe... It is a great source of relaxation,” said Ibrahim, who is also a member of a local pipe band in the town, 230 kilometres (143 miles) southeast of Islamabad. “We have great potential,” he said of the industry, thriving against the odds despite a Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked insurgency that has killed more than 4,410 people since July 2007. -Photos by AFP

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Shahzad

Jul 12, 2011 10:50am

Our people are skillful, given them the skill and knowledge they can do wonders. Only need is to provide them technical input so as to enable to add more value to their products and to diversify the product range. Chambers need to play an important role here they need to assemble a panel of experts to provide the industry with technical input where needed.

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir A

Jul 12, 2011 11:52am

There is no doubt in the fact that Sialkot is a great city in 'the land of the pure' and houses some of the best Engineers, technicians, crafters, designers, fabricators and manufacturers in the world. I am pretty sure that even if they are given a daunting task to build, launch and operate the NASA's space shuttle, they can easily do so almost at one fourth of the price paid by the hapless and helpless American tax payers like me to NASA for the same job.

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