Saleh Khana

Saleh Khana is a large village in the Nowshera District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan located just below the Cherat mountains.

However, as time passed, many decided to stay abroad settling with dual citizenship and regularly travelling back and forth occasionally.

Within the mountains range, just above the village, is a former British Hill station or cantonment that was used in 1861 and is currently occupied by the Pakistani army.

[2] The people of this village are primarily Pashtuns, an ethnic group located in both North West Pakistan & Afghanistan.

[citation needed] The feud was so big that a Loy Jirga (Pashtun grand council) took place in order to end the bloodshed; as a result of this jirga to end the tribal feuds, the Oriya Khel were given the current lands that they now reside in today, hence they moved up into and inhabited the mountainous region of Cherat.

[citation needed] Today 60% of the inhabitants of Saleh Khana have migrated to developed countries around the world, primarily to Europe, United States of America, Canada and the United Kingdom in the Birmingham and Ayelsbury regions; during the 19th and 20th century in order to seek work and send money back home to the village.

However, as time has gone by a lot of families have decided to stay and reside in the UK, US, and European countries and now view themselves with a dual identity.

Cherat Saleh Khana 1926
Saleh Khana Village
Mount Pakka