 Pakistan's six party religious alliance, the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), has proposed three names — Dar-ul-Islam, Bab-ul-Islam and Islam Var — to bring an end to the decades-old dispute on renaming Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The MMA legislators have said that will support any one of these names when the matter comes up in the House, which is likely to happen during the current session. The former two of the proposed names are Arabic words that mean "House of Islam" and "Gate of Islam", while the third has been taken from the Pashtu language and means "Door of Islam".
| How about Vanistan? Or Karo-Kiristan? Or Dar ul-Kaboom? |
| I guess Mordor was taken. |
Meanwhile, a female MMA legislator from Mardan, Naeema Kishwar, submitted an adjournment motion in the NWFP Assembly secretariat asking that routine proceedings be suspended to discuss the important issue of renaming the province.
| They're crawling with Islamists, people are getting their heads cut off, bin Laden's set up shop there, and the most important thing they can come up with to do is discuss renaming the province... |
Almost all political parties and tribal leaders agree that the North West Frontier Province should be renamed, but there have been differences on names. The Awami National Party, the top nationalist group in the NWFP, led by Asfandyar Wali, seeks the name of Pakhtoonkhaw (abode of Pushtoons). The ruling party recently agreed to consider the name "Khyber" for the province, but the parties to the issue did not recommend the idea. |