Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP or KPK; Urdu: خیبر پختونخوا‎ ; Pashto: خیبر پښتونخوا‎) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the northwestern region of the country. It was formerly known as North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), commonly called Sarhad in Urdu, which means "frontier." Its provincial capital and largest city is Peshawar, followed by Mardan. It shares borders with the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to the west; Gilgit–Baltistan to the northeast; Azad Kashmir, Islamabad and Punjab to the east and southeast. Balochistan lies to the southeast. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also shares an international border with the Afghanistan, connected through the Khyber Pass.

It is also the site of the ancient kingdom Gandhara, the ruins of its capital, Pushkalavati, (modern day Charsadda), and the most prominent center of learning in the Peshawar Valley, Takht-i-Bahi. It has been under the suzerainty of the Persians, Greeks, Mauryans, Kushans, Shahis, Ghaznavids, Mughals, Sikhs, and British Empire throughout its long history. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the third largest province of Pakistan by the size of both population and economy though it is geographically the smallest of four. It comprises 10.5% of Pakistan's economy, and is home to 11.9% of Pakistan's total population, with the majority of the province's inhabitants being Pashtuns , Hazarewal, Chitrali, and Kohistanis.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Department of Excise and Taxation

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Department of Excise & Taxation is concerned with Excise & Taxation in the Pakistan province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is headed by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister of Excise & Taxation, who is a member of the Chief Minister's Cabinet.

Mr. Mian Jamshed-ud-Din was appointed as Minister of Excise & Taxation by Chief Minister of KP Pervez Khattak on May 07, 2014.

History

The department was created on August 14, 1973. This department's main purpose is to create jobs, promote Excise and Taxation growth, encourage sustainable development and improve standards of living for all citizens of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The department is currently headed by Minister Mian Jamshed-ud-Din.

Organization

The Department is under the control and supervision of a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister of Excise and Taxation, a political appointee of the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Excise and Taxation Minister is assisted in managing the Department by a Secretary of Excise and Taxation, also appointed by the Chief Minister, who assumes the duties of the Minister in his absence.

Names of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pashto: خیبر پښتونخوا‎, Urdu: خیبر پختونخوا‎) has been known by a number of names throughout its history. In addition to North-West Frontier Province, the official name by which it was known from 1901 to 2010, other names used or proposed for the province include Gandhara, Afghania, Pakhtunistan, Pashtunistan, Pathanistan, Sarhad, Abasin, Khyber, or a combination of these and other names.

North-West Frontier Province

For over a hundred years from its founding as a province of British India in 1901, it was known as the North-West Frontier Province (Pashto: شمال مغربی سرحدی صوبہ‎ Śhumāl maġribī sarhadī sūbha). Unofficially, it was known as Sarhad (Urdu: سرحد‎), derived from the province's Urdu name which means "frontier".

Pakhtunkhwa

Pakhtunkhwa, Pakhtoonkhwa, Pukhtunkhwa, or Pashtunkhwa (Pashto: پښتونخوا‎) has often been the name used by the Pashtun people for the Pashtunized and Pashtun-dominated areas of Pakistan. More recently it was used by Pashtun nationalists in Pakistan as the name by which they wanted to rename the former North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), where they are the ethnic majority.