A Member of the National Assembly from Waziristan, Mohsin Dawar, has tableda bill in the National Assembly to rename Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The leader of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) stated that the name ofthe province had been changed to ‘Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’ after the 18thamendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, prior to which the province hadbeen known as the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP).——————————
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He claimed that ‘Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’ is too long for everyone to pronounce,which is why it is often referred to by the acronyms ‘KP’ or ‘KPK’, andtherefore, the province should be renamed to just ‘Pakhtunkhwa’.
The bill did not receive any objection from treasury benches, and the StateMinister for Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Mohammad Khan, declared that it isimportant and should be forwarded to the concerned standing committee.——————————
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Following the development, Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri forwarded the bill tothe standing committee for discussion.
