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PUBLISHED September 28, 2025 In the valleys of the Hindu Kush Mountains in northern Pakistan, the Kalasha tribe resides. Music is an indispensable pillar of their identity, serving as the primary repository of their unwritten history, religious beliefs, and social norms. Hymns are not decoration around their prayer; they are prayer. Their melodies are not secular art but a form of spiritual knowledge, with its own liturgy, purity laws, and prohibitions. It is theology in practice, a living liturgy encoded in melody and rhythm rather than in scripture. I discovered their liturgical traditions at a workshop called Sur Sajday Ke…
ROME: Israel-Premier Tech have been excluded from the Giro dell’Emilia cycling race on Oct 4 in Italy for safety reasons, the organisers told AFP on Saturday. Adriano Amici, president of GS Emilia, which organises the one-day race, said the team “will unfortunately not be present at our race. We had to make this decision for reasons of public security. “There’s too much danger for both the Israeli Tech riders and others. The race’s final circuit is run five times so the possibility of the race being disrupted is very high. “It’s a decision I regret having to make from a…
Passengers enter Guangzhou South Railway Station to board train in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, Sept. 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) — China is expected to see about 2.36 billion passenger trips nationwide during the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday starting Wednesday, the Ministry of Transport said Sunday.”Travel demand, whether for tourism or family visits, will be robust,” Li Yang, vice minister of transport, told a press conference. Li estimated daily average trips at 295 million in this holiday period, a 3.2-percent increase compared to the same period of 2024.In particular, around 80 percent of these…
PUBLISHED September 28, 2025 While the rest of Pakistan’s major cities and most rural areas were inundated by monsoon rains, a group of children stood hand in hand, chanting in unison at Gwadar’s New Tobagh Ward, close to Koh-a-Bun Ward: “Pani do, bijli do, warna kursi chor do.” (Give us water, give us electricity, or vacate the seat.) As Gwadar and its surrounding villages and towns confront an escalating water crisis, protests and chants of this slogan have become common across the city. Just a day later, another group of women and children from Assa Ward and Lal Baksh Ward…
Pakistan’s pace spearhead has scored runs at scorching strike rates during the Asia Cup to take his side to decent totals, turning his lower-order contributions into impactful knocks. In a game that had turned into a virtual semi-final, a transformation was nearing its completion. It had taken time but the necessary trust had been gained — a tottering Pakistan were pinning hopes on Shaheen Shah Afridi to dig them out of a hole and, for a change, with the bat. Bangladesh had reduced Salman Ali Agha’s men to 58-5 in their 2025 Asia Cup Super Four clash and Pakistan were…
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has called on Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir to resolve the issue of the incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan’s detention. “You need to solve Imran Khan’s issue. The 250 million people of this country are your army,” he said while addressing a large party rally in Peshawar on Saturday. Gandapur described the PTI chief’s struggle as a “war for true freedom”, urging the judiciary to deliver decisions in accordance with law and constitution. “Upholding the Constitution is a duty for everyone in this country. We have…
DUBAI: Pakistan will be gunning for revenge, but an unbeaten India look firm favourites to retain the Asia Cup title when the arch-rivals clash in a potentially testy final on Sunday, with political and on-field friction overshadowing their first-ever title clash in the regional tournament. The Indian juggernaut crushed every opposition before swaggering into the final of the eight-team tournament, looking every inch the reigning 20-over world champions. Pakistan secured their place in the final after edging past Bangladesh by 11 runs on Thursday, setting the stage for a blockbuster meeting with the defending champions. The showdown comes months after…
People walk on Creek Harbour as the Dubai skyline with Burj Khalifa, the world’s largest building (C) is seen in the background on February 5, 2025.Fadel Senna | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Middle East could emerge as the major beneficiary of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for higher H-1B visa fees.The Gulf region’s sustained push to become the next global artificial intelligence hub – which is drawing billions of dollars of investment from local sovereign wealth funds, global private equity and U.S. Big Tech – could see it outflank other geographies hoping to snap up foreign expertise caught up in the…
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)GUIYANG, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) — The world’s tallest bridge opened to traffic Sunday morning in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, slashing travel time across a deep canyon from two hours to just two minutes after three years of construction.The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, soaring 625 meters above the Beipan River in Guizhou’s mountainous terrain, is nearly nine times as tall as San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.With a main span of 1,420 meters, the project has become the world’s longest-span steel…
ISLAMABAD: Seventeen terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in a volatile southern district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the military announced on Saturday — a day after Pakistan, China, Iran, and Russia expressed “deep concern” over the continued presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan. The IBO was conducted in Lakki Marwat district, following the reports of presence of “khwarij belonging to Indian proxy, Fitna al Khwarij,” on the night between Sept 26 and 27, the ISPR, the military’s media wing, said in a statement. The “troops effectively engaged the khwarij location” and in the ensuing gunfight “17 Indian-sponsored khwarij were sent to…