Islamists Want Pakistan Province Renamed "Afghania"
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An Islamic alliance ruling Pakistan's North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan has proposed changing the region's name to "Afghania", a provincial minister said on Wednesday.
The NWFP government's request to the federal government in Islamabad is likely to rekindle an old debate over the name of the region dominated by ethnic Pashtuns, who live on both sides of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
"Constitutionally there is no bar on us to rename the province on our own but we want to resolve this issue in an amicable manner," Malik Zafar Azam, NWFP's law minister, told Reuters. Full story...
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1 posted on
08/01/2007 10:32:21 PM PDT by
nwctwx
To: All; JustPiper; tubavil; thecabal; Revel; Kinetic; Donna Lee Nardo; Honestly; ExSoldier; HipShot; ..
2 posted on
08/01/2007 10:34:37 PM PDT by
nwctwx
To: nwctwx
Islamists Want Pakistan Province Renamed “Afghania”....or Hell hole.
To: nwctwx
Bump for later.
Greets folks! ;)
73 posted on
08/02/2007 9:54:04 AM PDT by
HeartlandOfAmerica
(The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.)
To: nwctwx
354 posted on
08/05/2007 6:00:43 AM PDT by
texpat72
(<><)
To: nwctwx
News channel 5 in Nashville just reported that the Clarksville TN police dept is shut down and quarantined with hazmat crews on site. Someone brought in a hazardous substance which triggered this response. Several streets around the police dept are also closed. No info on what the substance is.
1,027 posted on
08/13/2007 8:04:58 PM PDT by
Grammy
(No matter the question, chocolate is the answer.)
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