1. Culture of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
Muqaddas Noureen (Leader)
Syeda Hareem
Rimsha Mehmood
Maria Iqbal
Yamna Alam
Maha Irfan
Sohaib Saleem
Syed Wahab Shah
Muhammad Fayyaz
Syed Khaleel Ullah
Course Facilitator: Miss Uzma Qazi
2. Introduction
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa previously known
as North West Frontier Province
Area 74,521 Square Kilometers
Population 17.8 million (Approx)
Ethnic Group Pashtuns Others are
Hazarewalas & Chitralis
Pashto is the common Language Others
are kalami, Hindko, Siraiki, Bateri,
Kalkoti etc
3. Overview
History
Climate
Clothing
Dishes
Music and Dance
Economy
Mines and Minerals
Historical and tourist places
Games
Festivals
4. History
Pashtun culture highlighted when The Great
Alexander explored Pakistan and Afghanistan
Origin of this culture is not cleared
Greeks Gandhara
Mehmood
Ghaznavi
Mughal
dynesty
Sikhs Britishs
N.W.F.P
created
As a part
of
Pakistan
Afghan
refugees
Named
as KPK
323 B.C 516 B.C
1001 to 1027
A.D
1600 A.D 1818 A.D 1849 A.D 1901 1947 1980 2010
5. Climate
Climate of KPK varies immensely
Temperature varies from 0°C to 41°C
400mm falls in summer moon soon
Province has most number of forest as compare to
others 31.8%
Snow falls during winters
6. Clothing
Commonly Men wear Partug kamees (shalwar
Kameez)
Pagri or Turban
Kakul hat
Peshawari Chappal
Women wears Partug Kamees with long Dupatta
8. Education
52% Literacy Rate
Some Famous Universities are
University of Peshawar
NWFP Agricultural University
Institute of Management Studies
University of Engineering and Technology (NWFP)
NWFP Post-Graduate Medical Institute
Hazara University
9. Economy
3rd largest Province of Pakistan
10.5% contribution in GDP
Major cash crops are Wheat, Maize, Rice, Tobacco,
Sugar Beets
Land of Dry Fruits
Tourism
10. Amir Kror Surti
Rehman baba
Pir Roshan
Khushal Khan Khattak
Ahmad Shah Durrani
Famous Poets
11. Rehman Baba
Most Famous Poet of KPK
Showed peaceful mystical side of local
culture
343 poems
Shrine in peshawar
12. Khushal Khan Khattak
Chief of Khattak Tribe
Father of Pashto Literature
National poet of Afghanistan
Promotes Pasthun Nationalism
13. Dance
- Attan dance
- Khattak Dance
- Mahsud Dance
- Waziri Dance
Music
- Pashto Music
- Classic Ghazals
Musical Instruments:
- Rubab, Sitar, Flute, Tabla
etc
Music And Dance
16. Mines And Minerals
Various types of marbles (3.0 million tonnes
Estimated)
Granite
Limestone, Sand Stone
Various precious Gems
Gypsum, Graphite
Coal
Cooper
Granite
Gold
17. Historical places
Khyber Pass
Peshawar Museum
Kissa Khuwani Bazar
Bala hissar fort
Takht Bahi
Kafir kot
Mahabat Khan Masjid
18. Khyber Pass
Situated in Spin Ghar Range
53 km stretched pass connecting
Pakistan and Afghanistan at Torkham
Border
History dates from 326 BC
Origin from two arched pilled gate
called Bab-e-Khyber
Elevation 1512 Feet
Many invadors crossed this pass such
as Alexander, Ranjit Singh, Mehmood
Ghaznavi, Ahmed Shah Abdali, Sikhs
etc
19. Peshawar Museum
• Museum in Peshawar
• Founded in 1907 in memory
of queen Victoria
•Famous for collection of
Gandharran art
• It also has Hindu, Buddhist
& Mughal Islamic
Architectural styles
20. Kissa Khwani Bazar
•Situated in Peshawar
•Indian actor Dillip Kumar
was born in this bazaar
•Kanishka Merchants were
used to trade here
•At night they used to tell
stories
•Thus bazaar named as Khissa
Khwani Bazar (bazar of story
tellers)
21. Takht-e-bahi
•Situated in Mardan
•Origin in 1st century
•Takht means “Capital” Bahi
means “Spring”
•There were two springs in the
top
•Small fortified city
•Represents Buddhist’s
Architecture
22. Kafir Kot
•Ancient ruin in Dera Ismail
Khan
•Explored in 1915
•Shows exsistence of Hindu
Civilization
•Consist of two Forts
•Outer defensive walls of forts
consist of rough block of stones
•Many small buildings resembles
to Hindu Temples