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Fashion police: Hanging on to the cruel Karakuli hat
Demand has decreased over the last decade as fewer choose to don the accessory.
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Overdue gratitude: The lives and woes of the city’s guardians
Police in the provincial capital face excessive mental and physical challenges every day, but go largely unappreciated
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Forgotten heroes: The man who would be king wanted to reform Peshawar’s warring tribes
Arbab Behram Khan died fighting the Sikhs in 1831.
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Encroaching history: Gravely important – even in death
History gets buried deeper as Christian graveyards run out of space.
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Sheikhan village: Diamond in the rough
Nawab Sheikh Mehboob Ali Khan’s haveli remains an attraction for visitors.
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Hacking away at history: To ‘undo’ decades of neglect, authorities break the Shahi Khata
Locals fear this method of cleaning the historic drain will eventually be its undoing.
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The sacred four: The decline of Hindu holy sites in Peshawar
Only Guru Gorkhnath temple remains functional, with others demolished or closed.