Umer Farooq's grandfather and father made bagpipes. Now he is the third generation to take up the tradition in Pakistan, which is thousands of kilometres from Scotland yet sells thousands of bagpipes ...

SIALKOT, Pakistan – It's not a sound you expect to hear in Pakistan. And yet, here we stand, in the heart of the country's Punjab province, listening to the theme song from “The Titanic” played on ...

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 ...

SIALKOT, Pakistan -- The British Raj is history and Pakistan is half way round the world from Scotland, but in the bazaars and alleys of Sialkot the pulse of the Highlands beats -- or rather drones -- ...

SIALKOT, Pakistan -- The British Raj is history and Pakistan is half way round the world from Scotland, but in the bazaars and alleys of Sialkot the pulse of the Highlands beats -- or rather drones -- ...

SIALKOT, Pakistan — The British Raj is history and Pakistan is halfway round the world from Scotland, but in the bazaars and alleys of Sialkot, the pulse of the Highlands beats -- or screes -- on.

Bagpipes and Scotland? Aye, it's a natural association: Played for centuries, the instrument is especially identified with the Scottish military and traditional Scottish dress, tartan kilts and shawls ...

A haunting peal reminiscent of the Scottish Highlands reverberates across Pakistan's inhospitable Cholistan desert as the nation's first camel-mounted military bagpipe band marches, noses in the air.

SIALKOT, Pakistan -- The British Raj is history, and Pakistan is halfway round the world from Scotland, but in the bazaars and alleys of Sialkot the pulse of the Highlands beats -- or rather drones -- ...

Workers in Sialkot claim their production of bagpipes, estimated at 10,000 units a year, is second only to United Kingdom Umer Farooq’s grandfather and father made bagpipes. Now he is the third ...