What are you talking about?
Hazara would get a huge benefit if split from Pakhtunkhwa. If you look at the Terbela Dam it splits Hazara from the Pakhtun areas. As it would be the natural boundary Hazara would automatically get 50% of the Dam money. The other side would get the other 50%
Hazara would in theory be receiving more money. Pakhtun nationalist have used the Terbela Dam royalties issue to embarass the central government but under true nationalism they would receive less benefit than they claim.
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.
I am reading a lot of hatred being dumped on the Pakhtuns on this thread, when the reality is that your claims of provincial disharmony are not well supported. You speak of Hazara as a monolithic entity when we both know that this is not the case.
If there is a true movement to create a new province, then let’s see them come forward in the democratic process. This name change to Pakhtunkhwa is not an ANP or PML issue, but rather righting a colonial wrong.