Renaming NWFP as Pakhunkhwa
Friday, September 11, 2009
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday said it had no objection to renaming the NWFP but asked the Awami National Party (ANP) to evolve a consensus on the issue, saying referendum could be a better option.
Speaking at a press conference here, central PML-N leader Iqbal Zafar Jhagra said his party did not reach an agreement with the ANP for renaming the NWFP as Pakhtunkhwa. He said there were some reservations over both the names proposed by the ANP — Pakhtunkhwa and Afghania.
“Afghania gives an impression as if annexation of the province with Afghanistan was the agenda,” he observed. Jhagra said the PML-N had proposed three names, including Khyber, Abasin and Neelab, and was ready to accept and support any other name on which consensus could be evolved.
He said a referendum for evolving consensus was a proposal given by the PML-N NWFP chapter. However, he said, the PML-N was ready to accept any other substitute to evolve a consensus over a proposed name of the province, saying the reaction by the ANP over the proposal of referendum was deplorable.
Jhagra said the PML-N always opposed calling the NWFP as Pakhtunkhwa on the floor of the House. He said there was a need to create consensus in view of the challenges facing the country, instead of taking steps which may lead to anarchy.
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Speaking at a press conference here, central PML-N leader Iqbal Zafar Jhagra said his party did not reach an agreement with the ANP for renaming the NWFP as Pakhtunkhwa. He said there were some reservations over both the names proposed by the ANP — Pakhtunkhwa and Afghania.
“Afghania gives an impression as if annexation of the province with Afghanistan was the agenda,” he observed. Jhagra said the PML-N had proposed three names, including Khyber, Abasin and Neelab, and was ready to accept and support any other name on which consensus could be evolved.
He said a referendum for evolving consensus was a proposal given by the PML-N NWFP chapter. However, he said, the PML-N was ready to accept any other substitute to evolve a consensus over a proposed name of the province, saying the reaction by the ANP over the proposal of referendum was deplorable.
Jhagra said the PML-N always opposed calling the NWFP as Pakhtunkhwa on the floor of the House. He said there was a need to create consensus in view of the challenges facing the country, instead of taking steps which may lead to anarchy.
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