A Name for NWFP-Identity for Pukhtoon داپختون شناخت - پختون ولی یا پختونخواہ
I was never in the favour or against the changing of the name of NWFP to Pukhtoonkhwa, Pukhtoonistan, Afghania or any other such kind of name. To me there were many more important issues than changing the name of province such as Peace & stability, avaiablily of basic necessaties of life to the people of NWFP. People who were in favour of changing the name, had the logic that everyone in Pakistan have their identities in the form of provincial name that represents them such as Punjab for Punjabis, Sindh for Sindhis and Balochistan for Balochis. Similary they wanted to have Pukhtoonkhwa for Pukhtoons. It was quite a justified logic which I don't oppose but in my opinion Punjab is not know Punjab because of Punjabis but Punjabis are known because of Punjab (the land of five rivers). Similarly Sindh is not known because of Sindhi people but the Sindh (indus) river and the people living in that area are called Sindhis because of living in Sindh. In case of Pukhtoons, they are not k...