Re: A new country in the making?
Sadly, majority of pashtuns can't seem to agree with you when they claim everyone from AQ Khan to Imran Khan as their own. Both fail your criteria for pashtun-ness.
You forgot all those Bollywood actors with the "Khan" surname. Their unabashed Hindustani facade is overlooked because of their global sex appeal you see, so they are Pashtuns!. :)
Remember the logic:-
Imran Khan Niazi - pure Pashtun - forget that his family are settled in Lahore, and he speaks rustic Pashto.
General A.K. Niazi - lapsed Pahstun - may or may not speak Pashto, but he had not such a brave record in the 1971 war.