Hazara (division)
The Hazara Division (made up of Hazara - Pashtun or Persian هزاره, Urdu ہزارہ- and English Division ) was the official name of a region of five administrative districts in the former Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP for short) in Pakistan with the capital Abbottabad .
The five districts of the Hazara Division were Abbottabad, Battagram , Haripur , Kohistan or Kohat (literally: land of mountains ) and Mansehra .
The main language of the Hazara region is called Hindko (also Hinko or Hindkohan , literally Indus mountain or mountain of the Hindu ) and is an Indo-Iranian language . This language has not yet been recognized as an official language. The lingua franca and official language is still Urdu . Occasionally, Hazaragi , a Persian dialect and the native language of the Afghan Hazara, is also spoken.
The subdivision into divisions as district levels was abolished in 2000 as part of an administrative reform, but the subdivisions into divisions are still mainly used in the Hazara areas. The election commission also conducts elections according to the division's subdivisions at the time.
Even before the official renaming, the Pashtuns , the majority population in the NWFP, referred to the province as Pakhtunkhwa . Finally, the name of the province was confirmed on April 1, 2010 following a parliamentary decision in the Pakistani capital Islamabad . The members of the Pakistani Parliament have changed the constitution for it. The area was unofficially known as Pashtunistan in the region and officially by Pashtun rulers in Afghanistan . The renaming in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caused unrest, demonstrations and demands for independence among the population of the Hazara division. Furthermore, the population of the Hazara region demands political advancement for their districts, a status as a province.
Their demonstration slogans against the renaming could also be heard on Hazaragi. Numerous people were injured in the demonstrations and around 7 people were killed. The Hazara differ from the majority population in their Shiite beliefs and Mongolian appearance. It is therefore assumed that the origin of the ethnic group can be traced back to the descendants of the armies of Genghis Khan or the dynasties of the Timurids and Mughals . Many refugees from Afghanistan, including a large number of the Hazara from Afghanistan, were well received there.
The population of the Hazara region, as in the whole of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is generally hospitable. For Pashtuns, hospitality is a matter of Pashtunwali . The Hindko speakers, also known as Hazarwal , are generally known to be friendly and peaceful. As with Hazara in Afghanistan, begging is frowned upon. The region is famous as an industrial area and is pleasantly cool on summer days.