Rashakai
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Coordinates: 34°07′09″N 72°01′18″E / 34.11917°N 72.02167°E
Rashakai is a small town located along the Nowshera-Mardan road, in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
[edit] Rashakai Interchange
The town gained importance in 2007, when an interchange of the M1 Motorway was constructed here. Rashakai interchange serves for Nowshera, Mardan and northern parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, i.e., Malakand, Swat, Bunaer, Dir and Chitral.
[edit] Rashakai Cloth Market
Before 2007, the small town of Rashakai was famous for its cloth market(Shireen Kotay).It used to be among the top cloth markets in the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (also in other parts of Pakistan),it still flourishes but at the same time many other cloth markets have emerged.
[edit] Economy
Economic activity focuses on the cloth market, and of lately that of providing fuel to vehicles entering the M1. A few fuel stations provide petrol, diesel and CNG to vehicles as well as maintenance and washing services.
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