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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 ...
City becomes part of West Pakistan. [2] The Statesman English-language newspaper begins publication. [20] Abasin Arts Society established. 1956 - City becomes part of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 1958 - Amal newspaper begins publication. [20] 1964 - Peshawar Press Club founded. 1965 - Bacha Khan International Airport in operation. 1972 ...
While the city's Sikh population drastically declined after the partition of India, Peshawar's Sikh community has re-established itself, bolstered by Sikh refugees and by approximately 4,000 refugees from the Tribal Areas; [27] in 2008, the largest Sikh population in Pakistan was located in Peshawar. [28]
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 Division is an administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It was abolished in the reforms of 2000, like all divisions, but reinstated in 2008. At independence in 1947, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (then North-West Frontier Province) was split into two divisions, Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar.
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.
Sethi Mohallah (Urdu: سیٹھی محلہ), sometimes called Sethian Mohallah, is an old and traditionally arranged neighbourhood in the old city of Peshawar, Pakistan. The mohallah contains seven South Asian mansions built by the Sethi family that were built in a style reminiscent of Central Asia with elaborate wooden carvings. The houses were ...
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.