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==Social issues==
The [[Awami National Party]] sought to rename the province "Pakhtunkhwa", which translates to "Land of Pakhtuns" in the [[Pashto language]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NWFP to KPK|url=http://www.insightonconflict.org/2010/05/clashes-over-renaming-nwfp/|website=Insightonconflict.org|access-date=21 January 2015|archive-date=21 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121124000/http://www.insightonconflict.org/2010/05/clashes-over-renaming-nwfp/|url-status=dead}}</ref> This was opposed by some non
In 2010 the announcement that the province would have a new name led to a wave of protests in the Hazara region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99951&Itemid=2 |title=Protest in Hazara continues over renaming of NWFP to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |publisher=App.com.pk |access-date=25 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209001219/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99951&Itemid=2 |archive-date=9 December 2011}}</ref> On 15 April 2010 [[Senate of Pakistan|Pakistan's senate]] officially named the province "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" with 80 senators in favour and 12 opposed.<ref name="rename">{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/07-senate-begins-voting-on-18th-amendment-ha-02 |title=NWFP officially renamed as Pakhtun HAZARA |date=15 April 2010 |newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn.com]] |access-date=15 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418050112/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/07-senate-begins-voting-on-18th-amendment-ha-02 |archive-date=18 April 2010}}</ref> The MMA, who until the elections of 2008 had a majority in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, had proposed "Afghania" as a compromise name.<ref>{{cite web|title=MMA govt proposes new name for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (then NWFP) |publisher=Dawn |url=http://www.dawn.com/2007/08/01/top11.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113205924/http://www.dawn.com/2007/08/01/top11.htm |archive-date=13 November 2007}}</ref>
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