Polo, Peshawar and police protection

We were fully expecting to be collared by the security forces on arrival in Peshawar and assigned a guard for protection, but to our surprise no-one materialised. Hotels are obliged to report foreigners to the police, but we saw no evidence of this at ours. We were certainly not complaining though – reports from other travellers suggested your escort goes absolutely everywhere with you and cannot be shaken off for love nor money.