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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 February 2025. Capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan This article is about the city in Pakistan. For other uses, see Peshawar (disambiguation). "Peshawari" redirects here. For other uses, see Peshawari (disambiguation). City in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Peshawar پېښور پشور پشاور ...
Peshawar would replace Kabul and Qandahar as the centre of Pakhtun cultural development during this tumultuous period. Additionally, Peshawar managed to assimilate many of the Pakhtun Afghan refugees with relative ease, while many other Afghan refugees remained in camps awaiting a possible return to Afghanistan.
Peshawar District (Pashto: پېښور ولسوالۍ, Hindko: ضلع پشور, Urdu: ضلع پشاور) is a district in the Peshawar Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located about 160 km west of the Pakistan's capital Islamabad .
"Peshawar". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania. UK: Routledge. p. 669+. ISBN 9781884964046. Published in 21st century. Maneesha Tikekar (2004), "Peshawar", Across the Wagah: an Indian's sojourn in Pakistan, New Delhi: Promilla & Co. in association with Bibliophile South Asia, New Jersey, ISBN 8185002347
Peshawar valley seen from Ranigat. The Valley of Peshawar ( Pashto : د لوی پېښور وادي ; Urdu : وادئ پشاور ), or Peshawar Basin , historically known as the Gandhara Valley , is a broad area situated in the central part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan .
Managed by the Directorate of Archives and Libraries, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the library holds a substantial collection, dating back to 1849. [4] It includes 140,000 books, 35,000 publications, 45,000 original files, 25,000 magazines, and 600,000 old newspapers.
St. John's Church, Peshawar, Pakistan, is the oldest in that city, constructed between 1851 and 1860. [1] It is now called the Cathedral Church of St John, which is located in the cantonment next to the Peshawar Club. It is part of the Anglican Diocese of Peshawar, now part of the Church of Pakistan.
Chowk Yadgar (Urdu: چوک یادگار; “Memorial Square”), formerly Hasting’s Memorial, [1] is a landmark in the old walled city of Peshawar. It is located at the convergence point of different major roads and bazaars of the old city. It is well-known as the center of hawala business in Peshawar. [2]