Northern Pakistan

 

 

From Peshawar, Paddy travelled through the Swat Valley and went up to

Chitral for a week in the mountains. Both places have some of the

most beautiful scenery in Pakistan.

 

 

 

Schoolboys in Peshawar Old City

 

 

 

 

The ruined Hindu temple in Gor Khattri, Peshawar

 

 

 

 

Orange sellers near the Malakand Pass

 

 

 

 

Matiltan, in the upper Swat Valley

 

 

 

Paddy Docherty visited the Swat Valley in northern Pakistan while researching his book, The Khyber Pass: a History of Empire & Invasion.

 

The upper Swat Valley

 

 

 

 

Chitral Fort from across the river

 

 

 

 

The Shahi Masjid from the north, Chitral

 

 

 

Paddy Docherty visited Chitral in the far north of Pakistan. Paddy Docherty is the author of The Khyber Pass: a History of Empire & Invasion.

 

Chitral Fort – the gatehouse