 Though the city's Sikh population drastically declined after Partition, the Sikh community has been bolstered in Peshawar by the arrival of appximately 4,000 Sikh refugees from conflict in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas; In 2008, the largest Sikh population in Pakistan was located in Peshawar.Sikhs in Peshawar self-identify as Pashtuns and speak Pashto as their mother tongue.There was a small, but, thriving Jewish community until the late 1940s.