Wave of Violence in Hazara?

[Zakk]

@thejoke

Some parts of Hazara are more developed in the sense of education, health facilities and many Hazarawal feel they are held back by the rest of NWFP.

Decisions are made in Peshawar. If the ANP dont like decisions being made in Islamabad for peopel from NWFP, Balochistan, Sindh then what gives Pesahwar control over Abbottabad.

Hazara lost a lot of money last year because of the troubles in NWFP. Hazara itself probably had no terrorism related issues. Tourists ddi not visit the Kaghan Valley, Galiyat and ddi not use the KKH to the equally peaceful North Areas.

I got the feeling Hazara people were angry because the media would keep going on about troubles in NWFP yet their division and especially the main tourist areas were totally trouble free. I get the feeling the people of Hazara no longer want to be lumpd with Pashtuns because the negative media publicity certain Pashtun areas got last year.

A few points here, while hydel rights has been a long standing issue for NWFP, if you check the deprivation index Haripur and abboatabad the main areas of protest are actually some of the richest districts in NWFP

rr72.pdf

In HDI terms Haripur has some of the best human development indicators in the country let alone the province.
http://www.un.org.pk/nhdr/nhdr-pak-2003.pdf

In political terms, out of 15 odd CM’s of NWFP 5 were from Hazara ..so to say there has been no representation from Hazara is wrong. Pakhtun dominated party’s like the PPP, JUI and ANP have never objected to the appointment of someone from Hazara as CM.
Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Finally if the renaming was taken badly by all minorities in NWFP , why hasn’t there been any protests in Peshawar city, Kohat, Chitral, DI Khan, Kohistan or even in hazara in places like Battagram?

The argument that the people of hazara are unhappy with being lumped together in the eyes of the world with pakhtuns is also an odd argument. The Northern areas were hit hard as well because mountaineers assumed what was happening in Pakistan from peshawar to lahore is happening in Gilgit..will making a new province change geography.

I for one believe if there is a proper demand which is expressed democratically to form a new province it should be considered. I don’t agree that street protests and violence should be the means to do so however..