Hakimullah Afridi News Today

Despite background sounds made by gunsmiths, atmosphere is genteel as readers sip endless rounds of green tea while they muse over texts

“When people see young people in their neighbourhood becoming doctors and engineers, others also start sending their children to school,” said Afridi, who has curated a ledger of 4,000 titles in three languages — English, Urdu and Pashto.

Library began as a solitary reading room in 2018, above a gun shop in central bazaar, some 35km south of Peshawar