The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) (Urdu: śhumāl maġribī sarhadī sūbha شمال مغربی سرحدی صوبہ) (other informal names include Sarhad, Frontier Afghania as well as Pakhtunkhwa, Pashtunistan and Pakhtunistan) is the smallest of the four provinces of Pakistan.[2] The NWFP is home to the majority Pashtuns (locally referred to as Pakhtuns) as well as other smaller ethnic groups.

The province which was although Officially Founded in 1901 at Shahi Bagh Garden Function in Peshawar Arranged By Lord Curzon The first Chief Executive of The Province , NWFP was formed From the Areas annexed from Emirate of Afghanistan who Termed it a Temporarry Measure, after the Durand Line Agreement was made in 12 Nov 1893 at Parachinar , Now Separated and is Part of FATA, through a Royal Commission set up by Afghan Emirate and British East India Company administered India, NWFP borders Afghanistan to the northwest, the Northern Areas to the northeast, Azad Kashmir to the east, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to the west and south, and Pakistani Punjab and Islamabad Capital Territory to the southeast.

The principal and dominant language is Pashto (locally referred to as Pakhto) and the provincial capital is Peshawar (locally referred to as Pekhawar). The Government of Pakistan led by the Pakistan Peoples Party and Awami National Party, to accommodate a demand by the Awami National Party, proposed the province’s name be changed to Pakhtunkhwa.