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Hundreds of people staged strong protest over renaming of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) as Pakhtoonkhwa Khyber. The protesters blocked the silk route and said that renaming the province would create further division in the province. The protest was organized by business community and Abbottabad Qami Muhaz to express their displeasure over renaming the province. The protesters demanded members of the NWFP Assembly belonging to Abbottabad, because they said the elected representatives hailing from Abbottabad failed to protect the rights of the people of Abbottabad division.
