Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is known as the tourist hotspot for adventurers and explorers and has a varied landscape ranging from rugged mountains ranges, valleys, plains surrounded by hills, undulating submontane areas and dense agricultural farms.
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The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa subsequently approved the bill on 28 May 2018; it was signed into law on 31 May by erstwhile Pakistani president Mamnoon Hussain, which officially completed the administrative merger process.
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PML-N wanted to name the province something other than which does not carry Pashtun identity in it as they argued that there were other minor ethnicities living in the province especially Hindkowans who spoke Hindko, thus the word Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was introduced with the name because it is the name of a major pass which connects Pakistan to Afghanistan.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's absence led to a revolt by Eucratides, who seized on Bactria proper and finally defeated Demetrius in his eastern possessions.
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Mughal suzerainty over the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region was partially established after Babar, the founder of the Mughal Empire, invaded the region in 1505 CE via the Khyber Pass.
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The Afridis massacred a Mughal battalion in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pass in 1672 and shut the pass to lucrative trade routes.
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Sikh Empire annexed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region following advances from the armies of Hari Singh Nalwa.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cemented his position as a religious leader by declaring a Jihad against the British.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was arrested several times for his opposition to the strong centralized rule.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa later claimed that "Pashtunistan was never a reality".
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa further claimed that the "successive governments of Afghanistan only exploited the idea for their own political goals".
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the main theater for Pakistan's Zarb-e-Azb operation – a broad military campaign against militants located in the province, and neighboring FATA.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sits primarily on the Iranian plateau and comprises the junction where the slopes of the Hindu Kush mountains on the Eurasian plate give way to the Indus-watered hills approaching South Asia.
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The famous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pass links the province to Afghanistan, while the Kohalla Bridge in Circle Bakote Abbottabad is a major crossing point over the Jhelum River in the east.
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Pashtuns of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa observe tribal code of conduct called Pashtunwali which has four high value components called nang, badal, melmastiya and nanawata .
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Overwhelming majority of the residents of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa follows and professes the Sunni Islam while the small number of Shias of Islam are found among the Isma'ilis in the Chitral district.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was thought to be another leftist region of the country after Sindh.
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Executive branch of the Kyber Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is led by the Chief Minister elected by popular vote in the Provincial assembly while the Governor, a ceremonial figure representing the federal government in Islamabad, is appointed from the necessary advice of the Prime Minister of Pakistan by the President of Pakistan.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is divided into seven Divisions – Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Hazara, Kohat, Malakand, Mardan, and Peshawar.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has the third largest provincial economy in Pakistan.
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The part of the economy that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa dominates is forestry, where its share has historically ranged from a low of 34.
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The MMA, who until the elections of 2008 had a majority in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, had proposed "Afghania" as a compromise name.
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Pashto folk music is popular in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and has a rich tradition going back hundreds of years.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has traditionally had a very low literacy rate, although this is changing in recent times.
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