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  • abbreviation North West Frontier Province, a northern provinces of Pakistan, whose capital is Peshawar.

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Examples

  • The roads out of Bajaur and Mohmand have been filled with desperate families attempting to reach relatives in NWFP or refugee camps that the Pakistani government has established to the east and north of the tribal agencies.

    north west frontier – wsws version 2008

  • The Pashtun-based Awami National Party, which holds the provincial government in NWFP and is a minor partner of the ruling coalition, is under intense pressure to come out openly against the offensive.

    23 « August « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

  • The Pashtun-based Awami National Party, which holds the provincial government in NWFP and is a minor partner of the ruling coalition, is under intense pressure to come out openly against the offensive.

    north west frontier – wsws version 2008

  • The roads out of Bajaur and Mohmand have been filled with desperate families attempting to reach relatives in NWFP or refugee camps that the Pakistani government has established to the east and north of the tribal agencies.

    23 « August « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

  • The name NWFP is certainly a misnomer today since it does not satisfy the aspirations of the people of the province.

    Bloggers.Pakistan 2009

  • An important player in the NWFP is the MMA, (the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal group), which is made up of six religious parties including the Jamaat-e-Islami.

    Fundamentalists will factor in 2008

  • An important player in the NWFP is the MMA, (the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal group), which is made up of six religious parties including the Jamaat-e-Islami.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2008

  • A former adviser on the affairs of the troubled tribal areas, Brigadier (Retd) Mehmood Shah, thinks that the latest spike of terrorist attacks inside the NWFP is the punishment that the Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI) is enduring for not cooperating with the federal government in eliminating the troublemakers.

    Efforts Intensified to Convert Pakistan Into State of Terrorism 2007

  • Pakistan Punjabi ISI continues it's dirty terroristic war against India in Afghanistan by killing innocent Afghans of both sides, but soon they will pay the price by partition & independence of Pashtunkhwa or the so called NWFP and

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Pakistan Punjabi ISI continues it's dirty terroristic war against India in Afghanistan by killing innocent Afghans of both sides, but soon they will pay the price by partition & independence of Pashtunkhwa or the so called NWFP and Baluchistan from the dirty Punjabi rule

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

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