Peshawar

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Peshawar

(the oldest city in Pakistan)




Peshawar (پشاور‬‎ ) is the capital of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Situated in the broad Valley of Peshawar near the eastern end of the historic Khyber Pass, close to the border with Afghanistan, Peshawar's recorded history dates back to at least 539 BCE, making it the oldest city in Pakistan and one of the oldest cities in the world.


District  :   Peshawar District

Population  :  4,269,079 (42 lac +)



History

Peshawar was the capital of the ancient Kushan Empire, and was home to what may have been the tallest building in the ancient world, the Kanishka stupa.

Peshawar was then sacked by the White Huns, before the arrival of Muslim empires. 

The city was an important trading centre during the Mughal era before serving as the winter capital of the Afghan Durrani Empire from 1757 until the city was captured by the Sikhs in 1818, who were then followed by the British in 1849.



Attractions

Parks

  • Army Stadium
  • Wazir Bagh – laid in 1802, by Fatteh Khan, Prime Minister of Shah Mahmud Khan
  • Ali Mardan Khan Gardens (also known as Khalid bin Waleed Park) – formerly named "Company Bagh"
  • Shahi Bagh – a small portion constitutes the site of Arbab Niaz Stadium
  • Jinnah Park - A park on GT Road opposite Balahisar fort
  • Tatara Park - A Park located in Hayatabad
  • Bagh e Naran - A large park in Hayatabad. A portion of the park also has a Zoo.

Mosques

  • Mohabbat Khan Mosque
  • Qasim Ali Khan Mosque

Museums

  • Peshawar Museum
  • Museum of Peshawar University

Forts

  • Bala Hisar Fort
  • Colonial monuments
  • Chowk Yadgar (formerly the "Hastings Memorial")
  • Cunningham clock tower – built in 1900 and called "Ghanta Ghar"

Zoo

  • Peshawar Zoo



Universities


  • Abasyn University (Abasyn University, Peshawar)
  • Agricultural University (Peshawar)
  • CECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences
  • City University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar
  • Frontier Women University
  • Gandhara University
  • IMSciences (Institute of Management Sciences)
  • Iqra National University, Peshawar (formerly Peshawar Campus of Iqra University Karachi)
  • Islamia College University
  • Khyber Medical University
  • National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Peshawar Campus (NU-FAST)
  • Preston University
  • Qurtuba University (Qurtuba University of Science & Information Technology)
  • Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology
  • University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar
  • University of Peshawar










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