Dont spread false information. From where you are getting the figures that there are 2.5 crores Pashtuns in Punjab?
More than half of the individuals in your list are Niazis (Sambals, Rohkris , Isa Khels etc are also Niazis). Mianwali population is 1.4 million and based on British gazetteer stats, Niazis would be around 40% of total population of district, i.e some where around 5 or 6 lakhs. Majority of these Niazis are in Isa Khel Tehsil which lies west to river Indus and is geographically part of Pakhtunkhwa. The other major settlement of Pashtuns in Punjab is Chachh area of Attock, with around 85 villages in possession of Pashtuns , and according to British gazetteers, they numbered 30 thousands in 1901, so must be around 3 lakh today (Niazis numbered 41 thousands in 1901 census). The third major settlement of Pashtuns was in Multan region, they were only few elite families from Durranis and Khakwanis, they are not major constituents of local demographics. The so called "Kasuri Pathans", are selected few families as evident from the book "Afaghan-i-Kasur" by Ayub Khan, it ceased to be exist as colony of Afghans or pathans when it was destroyed by Sikhs in 18th century, and finally in 1807. Judging from British Gazetteers stats, Kasuri Pathan families would number few thousands. So the so called Punjabi Pathans are between one and two million, not 2.5 crores.
Those in Lahore, mentioning their "caste" as Pathan, have roots from east Punjab e.g Hoshiarpur, Jalunder, Ludhiyana ete, where some of the villages were in possession of these Pathans (details about their lands and numbers are available in gazetteers of those districts). Its Baloch who have heavy presence in Punjab , not Pashtuns. Except kasur (who were installments of Mughals), Mughals uprooted all the Afghan settlements in Punjab as it was policy of Akbar. Aurangzeb, when he was provincial governor of Multan, allowed a branch of Saddozais to settle in Multan and appointed their chief as his lieutenant. Then other clans like Alizais and Khakwanis followed their footsteps. A portion of Attock near Indus river was given as jagir to Khattak chiefs who were imperial mansabdars.
The 35 million in the stats, are "proper" Pashtuns i.e Pashto speakers from KPK, FATA, Balochistan and Karachi (In Karachi i am talking about Pashtuns not bhaiya-pathans like Saulat Mirza). The people in your list are Pathans or bara-i-naam Pashtuns like Shahrukh Khan, Irfan Pathan and Salman Khan. How can they be called "Pashtun" when neither their language nor culture , nor their music and dress, customs and traditions is of Pashtuns?. Pashtun is a highly cultural and linguistic group, they are not inclusive like Balochs. if we go into genetics and lineages, then around 30-50% of Pashto speakers in Pakhtunkhwa, have non-pashtun roots and are "Indics" , the aborigines and remnants of Gandhara civilzation, who were kept as "hamsaya", and they speak Pashto. The case of Mianwali and attock is different, they lie adjacent to Pakhtunkhwa and many of their villages (near border with KPK) are still pashto speaking, and rest of them have retained some elements of Pashtun tribal society even though they have lost Pashto.
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80-90 millions? How so? by breeding like habits?
Its not that Pashtun population has suddenly grown. It always had this proportion from 1947. They were not telling the numbers of their female family members in the household and would take offense at the inquiry, thats why it is wrongly assumed that FATA population must be around 4.4 million while its actually between 7 and 8 million. Same is the case with many backward areas of KPK and Balochistan while exact population of Pashtuns could not be determined ( British used to count number of males). Population of N.Waziristan was assumed to be 5 lakhs, but it was more than a million (not surprising as my desert district of smaller size has population of 0.8 million)
Well Pashtuns/Pathans/Pukhtuns from Pakistan do not wish to join Afghanistan similarly the Afghan side of Pashtuns also do not wish to join Pakistan, However, some political elements just for sake of continuing their politics talk of a greater Pakhtunistan/Pashtunist; which BTW is not possible.
Where do we fit in?
