Historical Tour

Sightseeing tour

Peshawar is the capital of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa situated in a broad valley 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. Peshawar was then sacked by the White Huns, before the arrival of Muslim empires. The city was an important trading center 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.

The city of Peshawar has a population of 1,970,042 according to the 2017 census, making it the largest city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the sixth largest in Pakistan while Peshawar District has a population of 4,269,079.