All is well, that ends well. As the name change of NWFP had been finalized and approved by all the stake-holders, all the discussions in National Assembly of Pakistan is completed and hopfully NA approves Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw as new name for NWFP in Tomorrow session.

Even the name Khyber was suffice, as it purely and very nobly reflects the very nature and culture of the province. Their bravery, honesty, and uprightness is evident in this name Khyber. But ok, the word Khyber will not only appease the Pushtoons, but also other ethnic groups.

I dont think it will address the concern of Hazaras. Their proposal was to rename it either as “Khyber” or “Abaseen” without any hyphens. Both of these names are geographical and not related with any particular ethnic or linguistic composition of the province. Some thing that is to be considered as a neutral name for all the people of NWFP.

Hazaras have proposed that if you want to include the word “Pakhtunkha” then you must also include “Hazara” alongwith this name as Pakhtunkha alone would not represent the large number of NWFP inhabitants, therefore “Hazara” must have been hyphanated with any new name that would have “Pakhtunkha” in it.

But tagging Khyber with Pakhtunkha would only fuel this controversy further as it includes one geographical name and the other an ethno-linguistic term.

Well I think this was never an issue that outweighs other serious issues like price hikes and load shedding but never the less it is welcome and puts an end to all the hype and lets us concentrate on the real pressing problems of the common man.

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