Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tourism

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Aerial View Of Ayun Valley Lower Chitral .

 

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Lower Chitral,

 

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Madyan, Swat Valley

 

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Here is some info on Old Peshawar and some of its "15" gates:

Old Peshawar Map:

Taxila Gate 1879:

Kabuli Gate 1891:

Kabuli Gate 1903:

Kabuli Gate and Qissa Khwani Bazaar (a caravan line):

Qissa Khwani Bazaar 1903:

 

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Peshawar

Edwars Mission Chapel in Dabgari Gardens:

Mission Chapel Organ 1900s:

 

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Peshawar Museum

 

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Peshawar city

 

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historical Sethi House, Peshawar..

A function being held at historical Sethi House, Peshawar, on Wednesday to distribute awards among prominent artists, players and others personalities. — Photo by Shahbaz Butt

The ceremony was held at Sethi House. The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa staffers kept waiting the participants in Mohallah Sethian, Peshawar City for Adviser to Chief Minister on Tourism, Sports, Archaeology, Museums and Youth Affairs Amjad Afridi. A large number of artists, players, educationists and others were invited to attend the ceremony.

Awards were given to the four legendaries, who were termed ‘jewels of Peshawar’ including Pride of Performance Award-winning Principal of Pakistan College of Arts Tayyaba Aziz, television artist Salahuddin (late), Hockey Olympian Qazi Salahuddin and photographer Fakhar Zaman Azhar (Uncle Toni).

Uncle Toni is the oldest photographer, working since 1965 in Peshawar. He is 77. He was born in Peshawar and has won 105 awards. “Unity of religion” a photo taken by Uncle Toni showing Derwesh Mosque and Catholic Church Peshawar is what he takes pride in.

 

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1960's

 

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Chitral valley.

 

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Goshyi near Balakot village, Swat valley.

 

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Brewing memories, Peshawar’s 120-year-old tea house pours history by the cup​

The Frontier Post

Wasim Sajjad

PESHAWAR: In a narrow alley of Peshawar’s ancient Qissa Khwani Bazaar, the scent of cardamom lingers in the air, mingling with curls of steam rising from a pair of brass samovars.

Inside a dimly lit tea shop, surrounded by chipped green and yellow teapots, 68-year-old Fazl Rehman tends to his regulars — and to history.

Known locally as Qehwa Khana, this modest establishment has been serving green tea, or qehwa, to traders, travelers, and townsfolk for more than a century. Oral tradition suggests the shop is 120 to 130 years old, one of the last remaining tea houses in what was once a vital rest stop for merchants journeying between India and Central Asia.

“First, my father ran this [tea house],” Rehman said.

“He died at 120 years of age, then I started working here. Now, I have run this business for 58 years.”

 

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Lulusar Lake, Pakistan.

At 3,410 m [11,190 ft], it is the primary headwaters of the Kunhar River. It flows southwest through the entire length of Kaghan Valley and the Naran Valley, passing Jalkhand, Kaghan, Jared, Paras and Balakot until its confluence with the Jhelum River.

Lulusar Lake marks the historic place where fifty-five participants of the 1857 Indian war of independence were arrested.

The lake is much larger than other lakes in the Kaghan Valley, and has mirror-like water reflecting the surrounding snowcapped Lulusar mountains, creating a natural tourist attraction.