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Swati is a famous Pashtun tribe that lives in District Battagram and Mansehra of North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. The Swati moved from Swat to fight the Sikhs in the Sikh reign in that part of the present Pakistan. Battagram was a tribal area until 1958, when the people of the area themselves wished to be a part of Pakistan. In the times of Mohammed Ghauri they came to conquered Swat from Afghanistan, as the front line soldiers and Chiefs of the Army and showed great bravery. Swati is among few of the biggest land owning tribes of Pashtun in NWFP. Politically and economicall ...

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North-West Frontier Province Pakistan - Ancient History. Since ancient times the NWFP region has been invaded by numerous groups including the Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Scythians, Kushans, Huns, Arabs, Turks, Mongols, Mughals, Sikhs, and the British. It has been speculated that early pre-Aryan populations in the NWFP were an Elamo-Dravidian group, but this remains unproven. Between 2000 and 1500 BCE Aryan invaders split off into an Iranian branch, represented by the Pakhtuns who dominated most of the region, and ...

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Since ancient times the NWFP has been invaded by numerous groups including the Dravidians, Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Scythians, Kushans, Huns, Arabs, Turks, Mongols, Mughals, Sikhs, and the British. The original inhabitants of ancient of NWFP, and other regions of Pakistan, were the aborigine tribes speaking languages related to Munda languages. The Dravidians invaded from the Iranian plateau and settled in the Indus valley around 4000 BCE. The Dravidian culture blossomed over the centuries and gave rise to the Indus Valley Civilization of P ...

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Since ancient times the NWFP region has been invaded by numerous groups including the Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Scythians, Kushans, Huns, Arabs, Turks, Mongols, Mughals, Sikhs, and the British. It has been speculated that early pre-Aryan populations in the NWFP were an Elamo-Dravidian group, but this remains unproven. Between 2000 and 1500 BCE Aryan invaders split off into an Iranian branch, represented by the Pakhtuns who dominated most of the region, and ...

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Pashtun culture is ancient and much of it is yet to be recorded in contemporary times. There are many conflicting theories, some contemporary and some ancient, about the origins of the Pashtun people, both among historians and the Pashtun themselves. Pashtun people - Ancient references. Herodotus and several other Greek and Roman historians had mentioned a people called 'Pactyan' living on the eastern frontier of Iran as early as the first millennium CE. It has been conjectured that these may be the ancest ...

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The NWFP has an estimated population of roughly 21 million that does not include more than 3 million Afghan refugees and their descendents in the province.[2] The major language spoken in the NWFP is Pashto, and most of its residents are Pashtuns, especially in the lowlands and the southern areas of the NWFP. The main local tribes include the Marwat Afridi, Orakzai, Bangash, Khattak, Mahsud, Mohmand, Wazir, and Yusufzai and many other smaller tribes. Furt ...

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NWFP is on the way to economic recovery, largely due to stable political and law-and-order conditions. Agriculture remains important and the main cash crops include wheat, maize, rice, sugar beets, as well as various fruits are grown in the province. Some manufacturing and high tech investments in Peshawar has helped improve job prospects for many locals, while trade in the province involves nearly every product known to man as the bazaars in the province are renowned throughout Pakistan. Unemployment has been reduced due to establishment of industrial zones. Numerous workshops throughout the province su ...

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The trend towards higher education is rapidly increasing in the province and the NWFP is home to Pakistan's foremost engineering university (GIK Institute) which is located in Topi, a town in the lower part of the province. The University of Peshawar is also a notable institution of higher learning. The Frontier Post is perhaps the province's best known newspaper and addresses many of the various issues facing the local population. North-West Frontier Province Pakistan - Major Universities & Colleges.

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The NWFP has an estimated population of roughly 21 million that does not include more than 3 million Afghan refugees and their descendents in the province.[2] The major language spoken in the NWFP is Pashto, and most of its residents are Pashtuns, especially in the lowlands and the southern areas of the NWFP. The main local tribes include the Marwat Afridi, Orakzai, Bangash, Khattak, Mahsud, Mohmand, Wazir, and Yusufzai and many other smaller tribes. Furt ...

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The NWFP continues to have an image problem. Even within Pakistan it is regarded as a "radical state" and a "backwater" due to the rise of Islamic parties in the province and purported support for the remnants of the Taliban who are believed by some to be hiding in the province. Others claim that the plagues of sectarianism, terrorism and insurrection have not been a problem in the North-West Frontier and the local economy has met with significant gains in spite of hosting millions of Afg ...

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The NWFP sits mainly on the Iranian plateau and lies primarily in Central Asia, while parts of it overlap onto South Asia as well and this has led to considerable seismic activity (see 2005 Kashmir earthquake) in the province. The famous Khyber Pass links the province to Afghanistan, while the Attock bridge is a major crossing point over the Indus river in the east. The province has an area of 74,521 km² and its districts include Hazara Division, home to the town of Havelian, the western starting point of the Karakoram Highway. The capital and largest city of the province is Peshawar and other main c ...

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NWFP is on the way to economic recovery, largely due to stable political and law-and-order conditions. Agriculture remains important and the main cash crops include wheat, maize, rice, sugar beets, as well as various fruits are grown in the province. Some manufacturing and high tech investments in Peshawar has helped improve job prospects for many locals, while trade in the province involves nearly every product known to man as the bazaars in the province are renowned throughout Pakistan. Unemployment has been reduced due to establishment of industrial zones. Numerous workshops throughout the province su ...

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The Pashtuns are predominantly a tribal people, however, increasing numbers now dwell in cities and urban settlements. Many still identify themselves with various clans. More precisely, there are several levels of organization: the tabar (tribe) is subdivided into kinship groups each of which is a khel. The khel in turn is divided into smaller groups (pllarina or plarganey), each of which consists of several extended families or kahols. [Wardak, 2003, p. 7] "A large tribe often has dozens of s ...

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Throughout Pashtun history poets, prophets, kings and warriors have been the most revered members of society. The term 'Pakhto' or 'Pashto' from which they derive their name is not merely the name of their language, but synonymous with an honour code and religion known as Pashtunwali. The main tenets of 'Pakhto' or formally known as Pashtunwali are: Hospitality and asylum to all guests seeking help. Justice: Ancient Israelite Moses' Law, Tooth for a Tooth. Defense of 'Zan, Zar and Zameen' (Women/Family, Treasury and Property). Personal Independence. Pashtuns are fiercely independent and ther ...

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Amongst historians, anthropologists, and the Pashtuns themselves, there is some debate as to who exactly is a Pashtun. The most prominent views are (1) that Pashtuns are predominantly an Eastern Iranian people who are speakers of the Pashto language and live in a contiguous geographic location (this is the generally accepted academic view) in Afghanistan and Pakistan, (2) Pashtuns, in addition to being Pashto-speakers and meeting other criteria, are also Muslim and follow Pashtunwali and thus Jews, Christians, or atheists would be excluded, ...

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The Pashtuns today are a diverse population with widely varying lifestyles and perspectives. The effects of globalization have led to the proliferation of so-called 'Western' ideas as well as the infilitration of Saudi-style Wahhabist Islam. Though many Pashtuns remain tribal and illiterate, others have become urbanized and highly educated. The ravages of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and the Afghan wars leading up to the rise and fall of the Taliban have caused substantial misery amongst the Pashtuns. Currently, Afghanistan is in a r ...

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The NWFP sits mainly on the Iranian plateau and lies primarily in Central Asia, while parts of it overlap onto South Asia as well and this has led to considerable seismic activity (see 2005 Kashmir earthquake) in the province. The famous Khyber Pass links the province to Afghanistan, while the Attock bridge is a major crossing point over the Indus river in the east. The province has an area of 74,521 km² and its districts include Hazara Division, home to the town of Havelian, the western starting point of the Karakoram Highway. The capital and largest city of the province is Pesh ...

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The trend towards higher education is rapidly increasing in the province and the NWFP is home to Pakistan's foremost engineering university (GIK Institute) which is located in Topi, a town in the lower part of the province. The University of Peshawar is also a notable institution of higher learning. The Frontier Post is perhaps the province's best known newspaper and addresses many of the various issues facing the local population. North-West Frontier Province Pakistan - Major Universities & Colleges.

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The NWFP has an estimated population of roughly 21 million that does not include more than 5 million Afghan refugees and their descendents in the province.[2] The major language spoken in the NWFP is Pashto, and most of its residents are Pashtuns, especially in the lowlands and the southern areas of the NWFP. The main local tribes include the Marwat Afridi, Orakzai, Bangash, Khattak, Mahsud, Mohmand, Wazir, and Yusufzai and many other smaller tribes. While in the lower northern part of the NWFP, the dominatin ...

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The NWFP continues to have an image problem. Even within Pakistan it is regarded as a "radical state" and a "backwater" due to the rise of Islamic parties in the province and purported support for the remnants of the Taliban who are believed by some to be hiding in the province. Others claim that the plagues of sectarianism, terrorism and insurrection have not been a problem in the North-West Frontier and the local economy has met with significant gains in spite of hosting millions of Afg ...

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