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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ( Pashto: خېبر پښتونخوا [ˈxebaɾ paxtunˈxwɑ]; Hindko and Urdu: خیبر پختونخوا, pronounced [ˈxɛːbəɾ pəxˈtuːnxwɑː] ⓘ; abbr. KP ), formerly known as North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the ...
History of Pakistan. The History of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa refers to the history of the modern-day Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . The earliest evidence from the region indicates that trade was common via the Khyber Pass; originating from the Indus Valley Civilization. The Vedic culture reached its peak between the 6th and 1st centuries ...
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Intelligence map: Navy intelligence maps shows the districts of the former FATA in blue and rest of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in green. The insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also known as the War in North-West Pakistan or Pakistan's war on terror, is an ongoing armed conflict involving Pakistan and Islamist militant ...
When the North-West Frontier Province (the former name of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) formed in November 1901, it was divided into five "settled districts": Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Hazara, Kohat, and Peshawar, and a "trans-border tract" of land which encompassed five "Political Agencies": Khyber, Kurram, Malakand, Tochi, and Wano. [ 1]
The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ( Urdu: حکومتِ خیبر پختونخوا; Pashto: د خیبر پښتونخوا حکومت ), is the provincial government of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution, in which 32 districts [1] come under its authority ...
FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province) Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) and KPK before Twenty-fifth Amendment Since the independence of Pakistan from the United Kingdom in 1947, the seven districts of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas were governed by political officers appointed by the President of Pakistan.
City center Peshawar. The economy of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province of Pakistan, is the 3rd largest in the country. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 's share of Pakistan's total GDP has historically comprised 10.5%, although the province accounts for 11.9% of Pakistan's total population, rendering it the second-poorest province after neighboring Balochistan.
Politics of Pakistan. The administrative units of Pakistan comprise four provinces, one federal territory, and two disputed territories: the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan; the Islamabad Capital Territory; and the administrative territories [ Note 1] of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit–Baltistan.