Danish Abad
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Danish Abad (Urdu: دانش آباد), literally "town of intellect", is a suburb town of Peshawar, the capital city of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan.[1] It was named after the first settlers in the locality.
Previously, the area consisted of cultivated fields. Before the 1930s the locality had been called "Khru Sku" which translates to "eat and drink" in Pashto, an indication to the fact that the residents were poor farmers who only had farming as a means of self-sustenance. However, the suburb grew in importance with the building of the nearby University of Peshawar, Islamia College, The University Public School, The University Model School, Islamia Collegiate School, Khyber Medical College, Khyber Teaching Hospital, University of Agriculture (Peshawar), Academy for Rural Development (PARD) and many other important academic, social, economic and commercial venues. It is because of these that Danish Abad today is famously called the Junction Town. Today it is a modern suburban town with well-lit roads and paved streets.
