Peshāwar

Peshāwar is the capital of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative centre (but not the capital) for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. The Kushan king Kanishka, moved the capital from Pushkalavati (now called Charsadda in the Peshawar valley) to Purushapura in the 2nd century CE. The current name "Peshawar" may derive from the Sanskrit Purushapura (meaning "city of men") and is known as Pekhawar or Peshawar in Pashto and Pishor in Hindko. The area originally belonged to Gandhara and the eastern Iranian tribes of Scythian origin and later became part of the Kushan Empire. It gave its name to the Peshwari naan bread, one of the diverse types of naan common in the curry houses of Great Britain. Briefly it also witnessed some Greek influence after which it saw the Arab conquest and rise of Islam. Today it is one of the prime cities of Pakistan west of the river Indus.

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Karachi

Karachi  is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, and the capital of the province of Sindh. With an estimated population between 13 million and 15 million,Karachi is one of the world's largest cities in terms of population the 13th largest urban agglomeration, and the 4th largest metropolitan area in the world. It is Pakistan's premier centre of banking, industry, and trade and is home to Pakistan's largest corporations, including those involved in textiles, shipping, automotive industry, entertainment, the arts, fashion, advertising, publishing, software development and medical research. The city is a major hub of higher education in South Asia and the wider Islamic world.

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistan province of Punjab and the second largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi. The city lies along the Ravi River, situated approximately 25 kilometres  from Wagah border crossing and is 32 kilometres  from the Indian city of Amritsar.

 Historically, Lahore has been a center of cultural heritage for many civilizations. It successively served as regional capital of the empires of the Shahi kingdoms in the 11th century, the Ghaznavids in the 12th century, the Ghurid State in the 12th and 13th century, the Mughal Empire in the 16th century, the Sikh Empire in the early 19th century, and it was the capital of the Punjab region under the British Raj in the mid 19th and early 20th century.

Sindh Pakistan

Sindh  is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also known locally as the Mehran. Sindhi Muslims are the largest population of the province, but other cultural, religious and ethnic groups also live in Sindh. neighboring regions are Balochistan Sindh in the west and north, north of Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan in the south and east and the Arabian Sea to the south. The main spoken language is Sindhi. The name is derived from the Indus River that courses through it, and was known to the Assyrians (as early as the seventh century BC) as Sinda, the Greeks and Hindus, the Indus to the Romans, Persians Abisind to Arabs as Al-Sind and Chinese as Sintow. For Sindhis Javanese have long been known as santri.

Balochistan Pakistan

Balochistan  is the largestprovince of Pakistan, who constitute about 44% of the entire mass of Pakistan. Census of 1998 had a population of about 6.6 million Balochistan .
Its adjacent area, western Iran, Afghanistan and northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab and Sindh to the east. To the south lies the Arabian Sea. The main language in the province are Baluchi, Brahui, Pashto and Urdu.  The provincial capital of Quetta and Gwadar port is being developed. In Baluchistan and the Pashtun people are the two main ethnic groups, a mixed ethnic population, mainly from Sindhi, constitute the third group (Sindhi Baloch)  Balochistan is rich in mineral resources. It is the second largest supplier of natural gas in Pakistan.

Punjab Pakistan

Punjab province of Pakistan the second largest. Capital and largest city of Lahore, which was the historic capital of the entire region of Punjab. Other major cities are Multan, Faisalabad, Sheikhupura, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Jhelum and Rawalpindi. Undivided Punjab is home to six rivers, five of which flow through the Pakistani Punjab. From west to east are: the Indus, Jhelum, Beas, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej. Nearly 60% of the population of Pakistan in Punjab. It is the only province that touches all other provinces, but also surrounds the federal enclave of the national capital by Islamabad.This geographical position and influence a large multiethnic population GOP views on national affairs and induces in Punjab a conscience Pakistan acute problems of other major jurisdictions.

The province is a fertile region mainly along river valleys, while sparse deserts can be found near the border of Rajasthan and Sulaiman Range. The region contains the deserts of Thar and Cholistan. Indus and its many tributaries traverse the Punjab from north to south.

The landscape is one of the irrigated land and more heavily in the channels can be found throughout the province. Weather extremes are notable from the south warm and dry in the hills north of cool. The foothills of the Himalayas are at the north end too.

KPK- Pakistan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa   formerly known as North-West Frontier Province and various other names, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the northwestern part of the country. It borders Afghanistan to the northwest, Gilgit  Baltistan in the north-east, Pakistan in Kashmir, to the east, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), west and south and Punjab and Islamabad Capital Territory to the southeast.

The main ethnic group in the province are Pashtun, followed by a series of small ethnic groups, including Hazarewals and Chitral. The principal language is Pashto, locally called Pukht and the provincial capital, Peshawar is called locally Pekhawar.

Islamabad Pakistan

 

Islamabad  is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country.  The Rawalpindi / Islamabad metropolitan area is the third largest in Pakistan with a population of over 4.5 million people.

Islamabad is located in Pothohar Plateau in the northern part of the country in the Islamabad Capital Territory. The region has always been a part of the crossroads of Punjab and the Khyber Pass with Pakhtunkhwa Margalla acts as a bridge between the two regions. [6] The city was built in the 1960s to replace Karachi as the capital of Pakistan.

Islamabad is a city well-organized and divided into different sectors and regions. E 'was classified as Gamma world cities, 2008. [7] The city is home to the Faisal Mosque, the largest mosque in South Asia and the sixth largest mosque in the world.

Islamabad has the highest literacy rate in Pakistan [8] and is home to some of the universities ranked in Pakistan, including the Quaid-i-Azam, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences and National University of Science and Technology. [9] Islamabad Allama Iqbal Open University is the world's largest university by enrollment.

Tourism in Pakistan

Tourism in Pakistan has been found to take the next big thing. [1], Pakistan and its different cultures, people and landscapes has attracted 0.7 million tourists land, nearly double a decade ago. Earth's gravity extends to destroy civilization as Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa and Taxila, the Himalayan hill stations, which attract winter sports enthusiasts. Pakistan is home to many peaks over 7000 m, which attracts adventurers and mountaineers from around the world, especially K2. [3] The northern part of Pakistan have many old fortresses, ancient architecture and the Hunza and Chitral, lives in a small pre-Islamic animist Kalash community claims to be descended from Alexander the Great. The romance of the historic district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a timeless and mythic. Punjab province is the site of Alexander the Battle of the River Jhelum and the historic city of Lahore, Pakistan, the year of many examples of Mughal architecture such as the Badshah Masjid, Shalimar Gardens, Tomb of Jahangir and the Lahore Fort. Before the global economic crisis, Pakistan has received more than 500,000 tourists a year.

In October 2006, just one year after the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir, the Guardian published what it described as "The five biggest tourist attractions in Pakistan" to help the tourism industry. [5] The five sites Taxila, Lahore, the Karakoram Highway, Karimabad and Lake Saiful Muluk. To promote Pakistan's unique heritage and diverse, the prime minister launched "Visit Pakistan" marketing campaign in 2007. [6] The campaign has included various events throughout the year, including fairs and religious festivals, regional sporting events, various arts and crafts, festivals and several historical museums openings.

July 2010 floods, which made about 22 million people homeless in Pakistan's tourism industry has also collapsed in a country that was already becoming weak and the poor law and order situation in the country. Swat Valley, with the goal of national travel, even after the two-year break because of terrorism again in front of a complete disaster because of drought and heavy flooding. About 101 hotels on the banks of the River Swat rinsed in floods, because these hotels are built on the river against the natural law and justice in the country. About 277 people, including six who lost their lives in domestic tourism in the valley of Swat. Thousands of tourists are stranded in Bahrain and Kalam areas affected by devastating floods triggered by rain. There was no electricity in the region are 14 days left and the road to evacuate the tourists, so if the Pakistani army helicopters for air transport in Islamabad. . All business and factories are located in a closed in Swat.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani visited Swat Valley to study the flood situation and urged the authorities to ensure adequate food supplies to flood victims and improved communication links. The Prime Minister stressed for proper connection of the Swat valley with other parts of the country and instructed the minister of communications to ensure a rapid restoration of roads and bridges to ensure the unimpeded delivery of relief supplies.Kalam Khybar Pakhtunkhawa in Pakistan, has become a popular tourist destination known for its terrain, view and natural beauty. The worst floods in living memory has devastated the tourist facilities and left the locals wandering around their future. There were only two sources of income Kalam. The first is agriculture and the other is tourism, both are destroyed and affected, said a resident. Kalam had about four hundred hotels and restaurants before the floods. Dozens were swept into the raging water. Most major hotels were either related or giving from the edge of the river Swat. The water swept dams, fertile land and the provision of bridges demolished to effectively share the valley in two.