Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Peshawar

Peshawar................!!!
Posted by Muhammad Basharat





  Peshawar is the capital of the province of the Khyber Pakhtunkhawa. Due to its location it is one of the important cities of South Asia. The famous Khyber Pass is Situated near it.......!!




Peshawar is an old historic city and since olden days has remained trade center of Central Asia......!! It is specially famous for dry and fresh fruits. Trade with Afghanistan Takes Place through the Khyber Pass....!!




Goods made in Peshawar like leather, copper, warm wrapping sheets, Peshawari shoes and sandals....!!



Kurta and Lungi are very famous. the most significant places are Shahi Bagh, defence Park, Bagh-e-Naran, Fort Bala Hissar, Qissa Khawani Bazaar, Sherpao Shaheed Hospital, Islamia College, Peshawar University and Many educational and technical institute affiliated to it. according to the Census of 1998 , its population is 0.988 million.....!!






Sources :
Pakistan studies Book for Technical 1st year written by Dr. Mehfooz Ahmed