The Peshawar one, especially. Qissa Khawani Bazaar or the Storytellers Market is one of those places that look terribly ordinary unless you peek behind the layers of paper and dust to the history. The standard version of its history is that it was founded by Paolo Avitable, the Italian governor of Peshawar under Raja Ranjit Singh, sometime around 1840. It quickly got the reputation for a place where travelers and traders sat, sipped green tea, ate chapli kababs and told stories. The romance of the bazaar grew as various European narratives begin to circulate [Kipling’s Mahbub Ali sat in the Qissa Khawani bazaar].
There have been no storytellers left inside the bazaar. Qissa khawani was a huge, huge street with traders and site visitors galore. You may nonetheless find the stories, even though, in case you knew. Right off the principle thoroughfare, had been quiet alleys and back ways that took to stores and traders who peddled stories. But the art work and the old historic places are there and have been a great attraction for the tourist
Qissa khuwani bazar has always welcomed the people who visited this place with great respect and its their nature it cant be changed no matter how many hard times this market have seen. It hasn't lost its charm.