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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a province of Pakistan in the country's northwest, renamed from the North-West Frontier Province by the Eighteenth Amendment in 2010.
- When and how was the North-West Frontier Province renamed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
- What was the constitutional significance of the FATA merger into KP?
- How is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governed under the 1973 Constitution?
- Why is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa strategically important for Pakistan?

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