Editing Peshawar (section)

=== Music ===
After the 2002 Islamist government implemented restrictions on public musical performances, a thriving underground music scene took root in Peshawar.<ref name="Tirmizi" /> After the start of [[Pakistani Taliban|Pakistani's Taliban]] insurgency in 2007–2008, militants began targeting members of Peshawar's cultural establishment. By 2007, Taliban militants began a widespread campaign of bombings against music and video shops across the Peshawar region, leading to the closure of many others.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan "Taliban" bombs shops in morality bid |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/pakistan-talibanisation-idUKNOA34792920070613 |access-date=7 April 2017 |work=Reuters |date=13 June 2007 |archive-date=7 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407144337/http://uk.reuters.com/article/pakistan-talibanisation-idUKNOA34792920070613 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2009, Pashto musical artist [[Ayman Udas]] was assassinated by Taliban militants on the city's outskirts. In June 2012, a Pashto singer, [[Ghazala Javed]], and her father were killed in Peshawar, after they had fled rural Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the relative security of Peshawar.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Music Doesn't Stop in Peshawar |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-music-doesn-t-stop-in-peshawar/968383 |access-date=13 December 2012 |newspaper=The Indian Express: Journalism of Courage |date=30 June 2012 |first=Raza |last=Rumi |author2=Manzoor Ali |archive-date=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814232140/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-music-doesn-t-stop-in-peshawar/968383/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Musicians began to return to the city by 2016,<ref name="aljazeera.com">{{cite news |title=Music returns to Pakistan's Peshawar |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/05/music-returns-pakistan-peshawar-city-160526091916539.html |access-date=7 April 2017 |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=26 May 2016 |archive-date=6 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406184151/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/05/music-returns-pakistan-peshawar-city-160526091916539.html |url-status=live }}</ref> with a security environment greatly improved following the [[Operation Zarb-e-Azb]] in 2014 to eradicate militancy in the country. In 2016, the provincial government announced a monthly income of $300 to 500 musicians in order to help support their work,<ref name="aljazeera.com" /> as well as a $5 million fund to "revive the rich cultural heritage of the province".<ref name="aljazeera.com" />
[[File:Peshawar Museum.JPG|thumb|Peshawar Museum]]