Artist paints KP's culture, lifestyle on Peshawar's walls.

PESHAWAR -- Artist Rashid Khan has embarked upon a journey of preserving the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa culture and lifestyle in the old walled city through his eye-catching colours on different walls around the provincial metropolis.

The city district government has undertaken a project to beautify the city with artworks. The services of Rashid Khan were recently hired for the project.

His art attracted attention of city dwellers when he painted 150-year-old city wall at Kohati Gate in Peshawar Town-II. He told this scribe that he used to draw sketches of human figures and natural scenes on his home walls and most often would get punishment from his parents.

After qualifying 10th grade, he thought that he should convert his fad into a career. 'I am born with a master hand for painting and calligraphy. I picked up both pen and brush. I used to paint and write for private educational institutions,' he said.

He said that being from a poor family he borrowed some money from one of his friends in the beginning to buy brush and colours and embarked upon his journey to bring back the lifestyle of residents of Peshawar.

His luck struck at the right time when a year ago a competition was arranged under the auspices of city district government and his artworks were billed as the best.

'My dream of preserving the...