[1] The movement began in 1957, when regional lawyers Mufti Idrees and Abdul Khaliq first raised the question of a separate province, Kohistan.
[5] The Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan was passed on 8 April 2010, which among other changes, renamed the North-West Frontier Province to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The name change of the province was met with strong opposition from the people of Hazara and protests erupted in the region with wheel and shutter jam strikes.
On 10 April, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police fired at unarmed protesters, leaving 7 dead and dozens injured.
[6] Allegedly, the firing was ordered by the coalition government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, led by the Awami National Party.