Are Pashtuns in majority?

I've been recently researching deeply into the ethnic groups and demographics of Pakistan - and was surprised to see that Pashtuns may be in majority soon and may already be in majority.

Here are the ethnic demographic statistics provided officially by the Government in 2009 :

1. Punjabis (42.15%) 70.7 million
2. Pashtuns (17.42%) 35.2 million
3. Sindhis (14.1%) 24.8 million
4. Seraikis (10.53%) 14.8 million
5. Muhajirs (7.57%) 13.3 million
6. Balochs is (3.57%) 6.3 million
7. Others (4.66%) 11.1 million

However there is one huge flaw in this statistic.

This statistic is mostly based off of province population rather than ethnic population. It does not take in mind that not all Punjabis are Punjabis and it completely ignores the fact that there is a whopping approx. population of 25-30 million Pashtuns in Punjab - better known as Pathans of Punjab and millions of people in Punjab with Muhajir roots.

This bumps up overall Pashtun population to 55-60 million not including Pashtun diaspora in Sindh and Baluchistan and decreasing the Punjab population to 35-40 million including the Punjabi Muhajir population - this in correlation with the 2009 statistics and may be inaccurate compared to our current year.

I ask other members to intellectually contribute to this topic and correct any mistakes in my 'report'.

Here are a list of famous Pashtun Punjabis -

• Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi, Pakistani cricketer and politician.
• Captain Muhammad Hameed Ullah Khan Sumbal Shaheed
• Munir Ahmad Khan, Pakistani nuclear scientist and engineer.
• Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi, Pakistani cricketer
• Maulana Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi, Former Federal Minister
• Majid Khan, Pakistani cricketer
• Jahangir Khan, Pakistani squash player
• Ishaq Khan Khakwani, Former Federal Minister of State for Pakistan Railways And IT & Telecom
• Javed Burki, Pakistani cricketer
• Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri, former Foreign Minister of Pakistan
• Maulana Kausar Niazi, former Federal Minister
• Amir Abdullah Khan Rokhri, former Senator
• Gul Hameed Khan Rokhri, politician
• Amir Abdullah Khan Rokhri, politician and member of Pakistan Movement
• Humair Hayat Khan Rokhri, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
• Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, Sitara-i-Jurat twice and Military Cross
• Tariq Niazi, Pakistani field hockey player
• Aamir Hayat Khan Niazi, member of the Punjab Provincial Assembly
• Munir Niazi, poet of Urdu and Punjabi languages
• Attaullah Khan Essa Khelvi, folk singer and poet
• Shahryar Khan, foreign secretary and Chairman PCB
• Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Pakistan Air Force Chief of Air Staff
• Intikhab Alam, Pakistani cricketer
• Ashfaq Ahmed, Famous Urdu writer & philosopher
• Lt Genral K.M Azhar Khan Governor NWFP
• Fawad Khan, actor[10]

Another interesting thing - Sindhis are on par with Baloch when it comes to identifying them selves as 'Pakistani first'


58% Baluch see themselves as Pakistani first
32% Baluch identify them selves with their ethnicity
26% Baluch see them both equally.

Poll is from 2009 - a pretty divided year for Pakistanis; but still quite interesting.

i have no issue as a saraiki . all are our brothers any of them is in majority it doesn't matter to me

Imran Khan said:

i have no issue as a saraiki . all are our brothers any of them is in majority it doesn't matter to me

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Ofcourse, me too - we're all one and united; but nonetheless, this is interesting.

Well if you calculate that way than actual Punjabies will be even less than Sindhis.

Imran Khan said:

i have no issue as a saraiki . all are our brothers any of them is in majority it doesn't matter to me

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Same here I am a Pathan from Karachi, but i consider myself a Pakistani first.

LoveIcon said:

Well if you calculate that way than actual Punjabies will be even less than Sindhis.

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Sindhis are diverse as well; with considerable Pasthun, Baloch, Bengali, Burmese, ect... populations

BTW sara pakistan . please bachy banana kam karo yaar kahan se ayeee gay resources itni abaadi ke

Talwar e Pakistan said:

Sindhis are diverse as well; with considerable Pasthun, Baloch, Bengali, Burmese, ect... populations

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That's case with urban population, rural population is mostly indigenous.

Imran Khan said:

BTW sara pakistan . please bachy banana kam karo yaar kahan se ayeee gay resources itni abaadi ke

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bachy banana sunnath hain

Talwar e Pakistan said:

bachy banana sunnath hain

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or unko behter mustqbil dena farz hai janab . jab khud khany ko na ho aysy main line lagana na insaafi hai

LoveIcon said:

Well if you calculate that way than actual Punjabies will be even less than Sindhis.

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Actual Punjabis !

Humein tou aaap actual Punjabi count karteiii hain naaa ?

Armstrong said:

Actual Punjabis !

Humein tou aaap actual Punjabi count karteiii hain naaa ?

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I consider everyone in Punjab as Punjabi (Actual or honorary doesn't matter). It's OP who is striping the prestige status.

LoveIcon said:

I consider everyone in Punjab as Punjabi (Actual or honorary doesn't matter). It's OP who is striping the prestige status.

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Exactly. Anyone who moves to Punjab and identifies as a Punjabi is a Punjabi. My aunt (we are Lahoris) is married to a man whose parents came from Kanpur (Cawnpore?). Their kids i.e. my cousins although technically only half punjabi nevertheless are completely Punjabi in our eyes. We never thought of them as different from us, or treated them any differently.

As for Pathans from Sindh and Punjab, they could hardly be considered Pashtun if they cant even speak a proper sentence in that language. Imran Khan in my eyes is a Punjabi with Pashtun ancestry, since as far as I know he doesnt speak Pashto, but does speak Punjabi and Urdu.

25-30 million pashtuns in punjab
Gal kuj hazm nai hoi

Armstrong said:

Actual Punjabis !

Humein tou aaap actual Punjabi count karteiii hain naaa ?

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