Editing Pashtunistan (section)

===Khyber Pakhtunkhwa===
{{Main|Names of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa}}
Prominent 20th century proponents of the Pashtunistan cause have included [[Khan Abdul Wali Khan]] and [[Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan]]. Ghaffar Khan stated in the [[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan|Pakistan Constituent Assembly]] in 1948 that he simply wanted "the renaming of his province as Pashtunistan same like [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Sindh]] and [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Baluchishtan]] are the names of [[provinces of Pakistan]] as ethno-linguistic names,<ref name="Bukhari 1991 226"/> Another name mentioned is '''Afghania''' where the initial "A" in [[Choudhary Rahmat Ali]] Khan's [[theory]] stated in the "[[Pakistan Declaration|Now or Never]]" pamphlet stands for the second letter in "P'''a'''kistan". However, this name has failed to capture political support in the province.

There was support, however, to rename North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) as '''Pakhtunkhwa''' (which translates as "area of Pashtuns"). [[Nasim Wali Khan]] (the wife of Khan Abdul Wali Khan) declared in an interview: "I want an identity. I want the name to change so that Pathans may be identified on the map of Pakistan..."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|title=A History of Pakistan and Its Origins|publisher=Anthem Press|year=2002|isbn=1843310309|pages=312}}</ref>

On 31 March 2010, Pakistan's Constitutional Reform Committee agreed that the province be named and recognized as [[Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa]].<ref>[[BBC News Online]] – [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8600447.stm Pakistan debates key amendment bill] Retrieved 5 April 2010</ref><ref>[[Dawn News]] – [http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/12-consensus+reached+on+renaming+nwfp--bi-02 Consensus reached on renaming NWFP ] Retrieved 5 April 2010</ref> This is now the official name for the former NWFP.