Economic Underdevelopment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Prospects and Challenges
Keywords:
Political, Religious, Pashtun, Economic, Cultural, Affiliations, Growth, NWFP, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Economic Underdevelopment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Economic Challenges Pakhtunkhwa, Challenges in Khyber PakhtunkhwaAbstract
The KP Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa former NWFP (North West Frontier Province) remain economically lagged one since Firangi Raj (British Rule) till today. The inter-regional economic inequalities erupted during British period in part of India, forming present day Pakistan, in pre-independence period, kept continued after independence too. The inter-regional economic inequalities thus once born deepened with the passage of time. The Research Question arises, why KP he that time frontier districts could not share equally the economic development? Whether basic cause of its deprivation from developments was non-feasibility and inaccessibility of hilly terrain of the border province? Or anti-British stance of the dwellers of this province due to their bravery and Islamism, thwarted its economic development? This paper will try to sketch the backwardness whatever cause may be.
