Afghanpur, not Pakhtunkhwa
Let us strike at the root of the trouble. And the only best way out for resolving our protracted problems is to declare the presently 22 divisions of the country (Pakistan) as provinces and each one has to be declared entitled for equal resources, irrespective of population, topography and area. The root cause for all of our basic tribulations is mis-governance and mismanagement because of incompetence of our elite and unmanageability of our masses. But looters are not supposed to be leaders.
So, let us be confined to this non-issue of renaming this ill fated province of an ill fated country.
So my suggestion is that ‘Afghanpur’ is more appropriate and more in consonance with the nice people of NWFP, hence I suggest ‘Afghanpur’ instead of ‘Pakhtunkhwa’ to be declared the new name of this province. And I have grounds for my suggestion. All of the people of NWFP, including Chitrali speaking, Hindko speaking, Torwali speaking, Gujro speaking, Kohistani speaking, Kalami speaking and Pashto speaking are of Afghan origin but not Pakhtun in toto. So to have harmony, suitability and acceptability among all the people ‘Afghanpur’ is more adequate.
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