Talk:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa/Archive 2

Fact About Linguistic Groups of NWFP
Pashtuns constitute 74% of the population of that province. This figure doesn't include Pashtuns from FATA who are very intimately tied to NWFP. Currently, the Pashto-speaking population of NWFP might have risen to more than 80% because of a higher population growth rate and settling down of tribal Pashtuns in the province in large numbers. The rest of the communities include Hindowans etc. The article is a deliberate attempt to make the dominent Pashtun character of the province controversial. In Punjab, there are Siraiki speakers nevertheless they are not mentioned in the article on Punjab.69.157.109.144 (talk) 04:51, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

The factual accuracy of the article and its deliberate attempt to downplay the demographic significance of Pashtuns in the province can be gauged from its ridiculous claim that Hindko speakers are on-third(1/3rd) of the population of NWFP. '''The reality is, they (Hindko speakers) are less than 1/5th of the province's population ( only 18% according to 1998 Population Census). Pashtuns are 3/4th of the population(74% according to 1998 Population Census). See''' http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/other_tables/pop_by_mother_tongue.pdf for a proof of this this. This doesn't take into account the fact that very large number of Pashtuns from FATA have settled in NWFP and they are doing so in even greater numbers.FatehM (talk) 05:45, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Also see: http://focusonfrontier.com/description/view.asp?id=28 FatehM (talk) 06:06, 10 December 2007 (UTC)


 * The PDF you indicated doesn't actually say Hindko but it can be deduced that with barely 20% of the NWFP population speaking "other languages", that Hindko cannot be greater than 20%. The Ethnologue entry suggests a population of about 3 million in 1993, mainly in the Hazara division. Green Giant (talk) 14:05, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Ethnologue is a highly ubreliable source as far as demographies are concerned. And 1998 census listed Hindo to be spoken by 18% of the inhabitants, which roughly makes it 1/5th of the population.FatehM (talk) 00:51, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

The Map being used on Battagram District, Buner District, Chitral, Chitral District, Dir, Pakistan, Hangu District, Pakistan,Haripur, Pakistan, Kohat District, Malakand District, Mardan, Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shangle District and Swat District is incorrect. It seems to me that either the editor lacks knowledge or is biased. Districts suchs as Karak, Tank, Shangla, Battagram, and Toor ghar, although more than 90% pashto speaking, are shown as hindko, Saraiki and Kohistani Speaking. Moreover, Mansehra is 35% pashto speaking and pashto is spoken in western sides of Dera Ismael Khan, Kohistan and Haripur districts as well but they are also shown as speaking a language other then pashto. Someone really neads to change that.

Also i have a more accurate map of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa i can email it to anyone who would want it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tigerkhan007 (talk • contribs) 05:59, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Why is Tank being constantly shown as Saraiki Speaking, when Pakistan Official District census report shows Pashto as language of more than 80% population in 1998. And i am sure that number has crossed 90% now considering the migration of Wazir Mehsud into the area. The fact can also be verified by british Gazzette.. 39.40.21.1 (talk) 07:32, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

About 76.86pc population in KP reported Pushto as mother tongue, followed by 11.48pc Hindko and 3.72pc Seraiki. Just 0.9pc reported Urdu as mother tongue and 0.54pc as Punjabi, 0.09pc people were categorised in Sindhi mother tongue and 0.08pc in Balochi. https://www.dawn.com/news/1410447 182.180.61.170 (talk) 05:58, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

With merger of FATA the pashto language population of KPK is more than 80%, as FATA is more than 98.4% pashto speaking. If simple maths is done you get an answer. i.e. 76.86% of 30.5 and 98.4 % of 5 million (23.44+4.92=28.36, 28.36 (Pashto speaking population) divided by 35.05 (total population) and you get 81%!!!. Italic text Please also note the this doesn't include non pashto speaking pashtuns, such as tareen, jadoon, saddozais etc. Hindko population on the other hand is 30.05 * 11.48% = 3.45 million and the percentage of the entire province is 9.84% (Hindko of the entire province). Even though many statisticians believe that fatas population has been under stated. Italic text101.50.108.162 (talk) 07:38, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

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History
I have reorganized what exists of the history section, but what I have realized is that much of the content has no citations. There are a few citations but they appear to be pretty weak. I will try to work on this section but any help finding sources will be helpful. Thanks, Vagbhata2 (talk) 23:49, 18 January 2018 (UTC)