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	Northwest Frontier Province (Pakistan) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The one on the right was empty the day we were there, while that on the left flew a green flag with a device on the center in yellow.
		A former minister of the Northwest Frontier Province government told me that all Pakistani governors have green flags with the provincial emblem.
		There are flags in Pakistan, however, that have the crescent facing the hoist when it's part of a seal or similar emblem, such as the flags of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and of the Joint Staff Headquarters.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/pk-nwfp.html (354 words)

	Pakistan - Consular Information Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Substantial areas within the Northwest Frontier Province are designated tribal areas and are outside the normal jurisdiction of government law enforcement authorities.
		Even in the settled areas of the Northwest Frontier Province, there is occasional ethnic, sectarian, and political violence as well as anti-foreign rhetoric; foreigners should steer clear of such demonstrations or known areas of conflict.
		Baluchistan Province - The province of Baluchistan, which borders both Iran and Afghanistan, is notorious for cross-border smuggling.
	baby.indstate.edu /geo/cart/pakistan_ci0.html (2706 words)

	North-West Frontier Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The province's main districts include Dera Ismail Khan, Kohat, Bannu, Peshawar, and Hazara Division.The region varies in topography from dry rocky areas in the south to forests and green plains in the north.
		Geographically the province could be divided into two zones: the northern one extending from the ranges of the Hindu Kush to the borders of Peshawar basin; and the southern one extending from Peshawar to the Derajat basin.
		The NWFP was raised to a Governor full-fledged province in 1935.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northwest_Frontier_Province (3271 words)

	A Global World - Exclusive travel and holiday information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Northwest Frontier Province - Because of dangerous security conditions, caution is essential when traveling overland through the tribal areas to the Khyber Pass.
		Substantial areas within the Northwest Frontier are designated tribal areas and are outside the normal jurisdiction of government law enforcement authorities.
		Punjab Province - 1998 witnessed a dramatic increase in sectarian violence within the province, resulting in dozens of deaths.
	www.aglobalworld.com /Countries/Pakistan.html (1634 words)

	Pakistan (10/06)
		Accordingly, on August 14, 1947 Pakistan, comprising West Pakistan with the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP), and East Pakistan with the province of Bengal, became independent.
		Each province has a high court, the justices of which are appointed by the president after conferring with the chief justice of the Supreme Court and the provincial chief justice.
		According to the constitution, Pakistan is a federation of four provinces: Baluchistan, the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), Punjab, and Sindh.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3453.htm (8761 words)

	General Theory of Religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Northwest Frontier province was now a haven for arms dealers and disillusioned mujahidin (holy warriors) from the Afghan war.
		Actually, having lived in Peshawar on the Northwest Frontier in the 1980s, I was used to water cutoffs.
		But the province's population of ethnic Pathans, as well as Sindhis in the south of the country near Karachi, vehemently oppose the project.
	world.std.com /~awolpert/gtr357.html (1376 words)

	Pakistan province OKs Islamic legal system / 24 mayors quit to protest policy
		The rise of the Islamic hard-liners in places like the Northwest Frontier province is a concern for Washington, which has counted Pakistan as a key ally in the war on terrorism.
		Federal officials acknowledged the serious problems emerging in Northwest Frontier province and said the government was studying the Shariah legislation to see whether any of it conflicts with national laws.
		Yusufzai said the mayors' dramatic action was an attempt to turn the tide in the province and put the UAF on the defensive.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/06/03/MN276508.DTL&type=printable (847 words)

	Poynter Online - Front-line Reporting Hazardous to Impossible
		Local journalists reporting from Northwest Frontier Province, which borders Afghanistan, said they were regularly harassed and threatened for reporting critically on the policies of that country's ruling Taliban movement.
		Northwest Frontier Province - Substantial areas within the Northwest Frontier Province are designated tribal areas and are outside the normal jurisdiction of government law enforcement authorities.
		Sindh Province - In the areas of Karachi and Hyderabad there have been recurring outbreaks of ethnic and sectarian violence characterized by an increasing number of random bombings, shootings and mass demonstrations.
	www.poynter.org /dg.lts/id.5810/content.content_view.htm (1392 words)

	Afghanistan History
		NW Frontier Referendum: In the lead up to the referendum, there are calls by a prominent tribal elder and leader of the ‘Red Shirts’, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, for a referendum on complete independence for ‘Pathanistan’.
		Withdrawal of Pakistani Troops from NW Frontier Province: In an effort to reduce tensions between the Pakistan government and resident tribes, Pakistan announces the withdrawal of military forces from the NW Frontier Province (called Pathanistan by Afghans and Waziristan by Pakistanis).
		He now calls for the NW Frontier Province to be an autonomous region within the dominion of Pakistan.
	www.comdev.org /afghanhistory/afhis22.html (3278 words)

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		The nwfp is the most remote and insecure province in Pakistan, relatively cut off from the political control of the central government in Islamabad.
		The streets of Dara are full of Pakistanis from Sind and Punjab provinces in pursuit of rifles, mainly the Kalashnikov and Type 56.
		Traditionally, the difference between the Soviet and the frontier produced AK47 was most obvious from the color of the steel --the latter tended to be more blue-gray, the former fl.
	www.hrw.org /campaigns/kashmir/1994/kashmir94-02.htm (7208 words)

	Environmental Degradation Wears on Pakistan
		contributing to unrest, crisis and conflict in the province.
		Northwest Frontier Province is hydroelectric power, said Matthew.
		Northwest Frontier Province is the fault of the Pakistanis
	forests.org /archive/asia/envdegwe.htm (1475 words)

	Pakistan province unveils Islamic law plan / Passage would create problem for U.S. ally
		If it wins approval, the new law could set up a tense confrontation between the Northwest Frontier province and the moderate Islamic government of President Pervez Musharraf, a key U.S. ally in the war on terrorism.
		Both measures are expected to pass easily because the UAF commands 74 of 122 seats in the province's assembly.
		The Northwest Frontier province, a tribal-dominated largely rural region, is Pakistan's poorest province, with more than 40 percent of the population living below the poverty level.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/05/28/MN24675.DTL&type=printable (830 words)

	Health Library.com -- Reading Room: The Banyan Tree - Volume II : Bringing Change
		The Northwest Frontier Province was the gateway to India and the people revered Abdul Ghaffar Khan as a saint and called him Badshah Khan, the "King of Khans".
		Because of this Frontier Gandhi the formerly warlike Frontier Province, home of the Pathans became one of the most peaceful safest centres on the campaign, in spite of the Government atrocities there.
		The Frontier Province must remain a place of frequent pilgrimage for me. For though the rest of India may fail toshow true nonviolence, there seems to be good ground for hoping that the Frontier Province will pass through the fiery ordeal.
	healthlibrary.com /reading/banyan2/2frontier.html (3200 words)

	North-West Frontier Province — Infoplease.com
		tribes inhabit the province in the plains and lower hills.
		From 1955 to 1970 the North-West Frontier Province was a section of the consolidated province of West Pakistan.
		Swat - Swat, district of the Malakand division, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0836032.html (493 words)

	Pakistan
		The infrastructure of the areas of Kashmir and the Northwest Frontier Province was devastated as a result of the October 8, 2005 earthquake and is not yet recovered.
		Northwest Frontier Province - The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along the Afghan border, and certain areas within the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP), are designated as tribal areas and are not subject to normal government jurisdiction.
		Balochistan Province - The Province of Balochistan, which borders both Iran and Afghanistan, is notorious for narcotics and other forms of cross-border smuggling.
	travel.state.gov /travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_992.html (2704 words)

	International Medical Corps \| U.S. agricultural surplus feeds health (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The proceeds from monetization—nearly $1 million—will be used to build and staff four new maternal and child health centers, construct eight new wells, repair sanitation infrastructures, and provide environmental clean-up activities in one of the most vulnerable regions in all of Asia.
		Pakistan’s social, health and nutrition indicators are among the worst on the continent, and Northwest Frontier Province is home to some of the country’s poorest and most underserved communities.
		The project is made possible by a generous donation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which supported a similar project in Sierra Leone from 2002 - 2003, when IMC used the proceeds from monetized vegetable oil and rice to rehabilitate clinics and repair roads and bridges.
	www.imc-la.org /loc_pakistan_111804.shtml (466 words)

	Production and culture of trout in the Northwest Frontier Province and Northern Areas of Pakistan. A review. (by M. ...
		The paper gives the history of the introductions of brown trout and culture of rainbow trout in North West Frontier Province and Northern Areas of Pakistan.
		This variety of habitats is especially remarkable in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
		Cultivation and introduction of trout in NWFP Province of Pakistan.
	www.fao.org /docrep/005/y3994e/y3994e10.htm (1096 words)

	Pakistan Provinces
		The land was part of India, which was a collection of British provinces under the direct sovereignty of the British crown, along with small states ruled by Indian princes under British hegemony.
		Pakistan is divided into four provinces, two centrally administered areas, one territory, and one capital territory.
		It consisted of East Bengal province (formed from part of Bengal province and most of Sylhet district of Assam); West Punjab province (part of Punjab province); and the entire provinces of Beluchistan, North-West Frontier, and Sind.
	www.statoids.com /upk.html (910 words)

	PAKISTAN: Journalist sentenced to life in prison for blasphemy
		The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is dismayed that Munawar Mohsin, a former subeditor of the national daily Frontier Post, has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in Northwest Frontier Province on charges of blasphemy.
		As CPJ noted in an open letter to Your Excellency at the time, the punitive action by the government against the Frontier Post journalists was unwarranted in light of the paper's unequivocal apology and only heightened the dangers for newspaper staff.
		Even when, in March 2001, a judicial inquiry into the Frontier Post case determined that the offending letter was published due to negligence and not to any malicious intent, provincial authorities decided to proceed with the criminal prosecution against the journalists.
	foi.missouri.edu /jouratrisk/pakistan.html (582 words)

	Pakistan's frontier passes Islamic law, rankling Islamabad \| csmonitor.com
		They were celebrating the passage of sharia, or Islamic law, last week in Pakistan's rugged Northwest Frontier Province, where an alliance of Islamic extremist parties, the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), have ruled since last year.
		In response, the central government fired two top officials in the frontier province, including the head of police.
		US and Pakistani intelligence estimates indicate many Taliban and Al Qaeda fugitives may be hiding in the vast, sparsely populated tribal areas of the Northwest Frontier Province and Balochistan, where the MMA holds sway.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0610/p07s02-wosc.htm (858 words)

	PeacePower: A Muslim Gandhi?
		That they were gathered peacefully in the first place, unarmed, is astonishing in itself since these were Muslim Pashtun from the Northwest Frontier Province of India, members of one of the most violent tribal societies in the world.
		On the remote Northwest Frontier, the repression was far worse.
		They sealed the borders to the province and unleashed a campaign of violent repression unmatched during the civil disobedience movement.
	calpeacepower.org /0101/muslim_ghandi.htm (918 words)

	Situation Reports: Pakistan: Rains and Snowfall - Feb 2005, Situation report just in from Concern in Pakistan
		Record levels of rain and snowfall have precipitated several deadly landslide/avalanche incidents across Northwest Frontier Province, Azad Kashmir, and the Northern Areas.
		The death toll is estimated at 248, with scores injured and displaced.
		In the Northwest Frontier Province, food items are being airlifted to stranded communities, while the army attempts to clear blocked roads.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/JWIN-69PEZ9?OpenDocument (636 words)

	IFEX :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In a report issued on March 7, the judicial tribunal, which was set up by the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) government following the federal government's instructions, said the incident took place "due to sheer negligence, rather personal negligence," of the newspaper's managing editor, news editor, sub-editor and composer.
		Seven staffers of The Frontier Post were booked under Section 295 C, also called Blasphemy Law, and other sections such as 295 A and B/505 of the Pakistan Penal Code and 16, Maintenance of Public Order.
		Quoting some of the 24 witnesses who appeared before it, the tribunal pointed out that there was mismanagement at the newspaper and a single individual had to perform the duties of five to six persons.
	www.ifex.org /es/content/view/full/12902 (698 words)

	Women's Liberty Under Attack in Northwest Pakistan
		A religious alliance in Pakistan's Northwest provinces is ushering in strict new laws that threaten the rights of women and remind many of the Taliban.
		She says she is a concerned mother and politician seeking to better living conditions in her home province.
		More worrisome for frontier province women is the Hisba Act--Islamic duty to promote virtue and prevent vice--slated for debate in the coming weeks.
	www.womensenews.org /article.cfm/dyn/aid/1409 (1365 words)

	Pakistan Facts - In Pakistan's frontier, a prelude to Taliban-style rule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		US forces may have ousted the Taliban regime in Afghanistan more than a year ago, but their influence still permeates across the border in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier province.
		Even before the weekend announcement, Islamic militants in Peshawar, the capital city of the frontier, were burning video cassettes and whitewashing signs with female models.
		But the ruling fundamentalists of the province seem willing to follow the footsteps of the Taliban with public punishments.
	www.pakistan-facts.com /article.php?story=20030326092858439 (566 words)

	Dowry Practice Challenged in Pakistan's Northwest
		A powerful religious party in Pakistan's conservative Northwest Frontier Province has organized a mass wedding in protest of the widespread custom of parents of brides being compelled to provide ever higher dowries.
		More than 4,000 people gathered this past Saturday to witness the marriages of 201 couples from Pakistan's impoverished Northwest Frontier Province where those unable to afford the socially dictated costs of marriage often remain single for life.
		It is the main party in a six-party religious alliance that swept to power in October 2002 here and in the neighboring province Balochistan elections, raising fears of the rise of Taliban-like administration in those areas.
	www.womensenews.org /article.cfm/dyn/aid/1765/context/cover (1417 words)

	JICA - Evaluation - Project for Construction of Bridges in the Northwest Frontier Province
		The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) borders Afghanistan on its north and west borders, with a population of approximately 19 million over an area of 107,000?.
		Roads were particularly underdeveloped, since construction was restricted by the province’s topography, and there were only 0.
		In the future, it is necessary to consider from the stage of planning project to introduce approach that residents participate.
	www.jica.go.jp /english/evaluation/project/expo/as/archives/14-4-46.html (1449 words)

	The Terrorism Research Center :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		April 17, 2003: This includes the tribal areas of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province and areas along the Line of Control, the Pakistan-India border, and near other sensitive areas and facilities.
		March 28, 2003: Pakistan, tribal areas of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province, and areas along the Line of Control, the Pakistan-India border, and near other sensitive areas and facilities.
		January 30, 2002: The Kurdish northwest of the country, the area near the Iraqi border, and the Baluchistan border area near Pakistan and Afghanistan is generally not safe.
	www.homelandsecurity.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=Countries&file=index&view=186 (1356 words)

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