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Peshawar
City : Down the ages, Peshawar has occupied every prominent position in history of this part of the world. The city has seen the rise and fall of many dynasties. It has been the center of Ghandhara civilization and had been ruled by the Afghans, Mughals, Durranis, Sikhs and British's as till independence in 1947. Its thousands year old history is full of old traditions and tales which are narrated in the Kahuekhavar of the famous Qissa Khwani Bazar. It has been a rendevous of several invading hordes and conquerors who pushed down the Khyber Pass to try their own. Pushto is the major language spoken, nevertheless
other languages like Hindko is second most common.The city of Peshawar
until mid-fifties was enclosed with a medieval wall constructed
of bricks with 16 gates, namely: Ramdas, Bariskian, Sardchah, Sarki,
Kohati, Yakatoot, Gang, Lahori, Hashtnagri, Rampura, Rati, Kachari,
Andarsher, Kabuli, Debgari and Bajauri but in recent years a lot
of expansion has taken place and new colonies like Gulbahar and
Yayatabad have been built out side and walled city. The city walls
have been pulled down and most of the gates have disappeared. |
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The university campus is spread over an area 1.000 acres. During the course of fifty years it has grown into big town ship. It is situated at a distance of about 8 kilometers from Peshawar cantonment along the Khyber road on the way to Khyber Pass. It is a resident university and all most all the teaching staff; student and employees live there. Besides teaching requirements at the university, authorities
have not over looked the sports and other extra curricular activities.
Facilities for all types of recognized out door and in door games
have been provided. College and university tournaments are held
regularly in games like hockey, football, cricket, swimming, badminton,
volleyball, basket ball, tennis boating, shooting and athletics.
There are various types of unions and associations to provide
the students debating forum. The university has a big library
with nearly 100,000 books and manuscripts. |
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