I have noted that some important figures in punjab and india are related to pathans though they do not speak pashto.Following are the one which i have researched out
1-ishfaq ahmed khan( Talkeen shah), famous urdu writer, he was born in hoshirpur, east punjab and belonged to mohamand clan of pathans.
2-shahnawazkhan and iftikhar hussien khan of mamdot, took part in tehreek-e-pakistan, belonged to hasanzi branch of kheshgi afghans.
3-shayriar khan ( pakistan cricket board chairmen ) belongs to ruling family of former state of bhopal,india.. while this family was of pathan origin
4-intikhab alam khan, famous former cricikter of pakistan belongs to surk afghans of hoshirpur,india
5-kausar niazi, famous poet who belonged to niazi afghans formerly living in east punjab.
6-khursheed ahmed kasuri, pakistani forien minister, belong to pathan family of kasur
7-nawabzada nasrullah khan, famou politician was multani pathan of babar clan with his forefathers from ghazni.
8-josh malehabadi, famous urdu poet who belongedto daudzais of malehabad,india
9-Nawab amir khan, rohilla pathan who was ruler of tonk state (former princely state) in rajistan,india untill 1947
8-saif ali khan ,bollywood actor beloging to pataudi nawabs family which has roots in afghans.
9-Yousaf khan ,pakistani film actor in urdu and punjabi films belong to khesgi afghans of kasur.
10-general abdullah niazi famous as tiger niazi
11-irfan pathan, indian cricketer, i do not know about his origin. his birth place baroda has large pathan colony
12-nawab muzzafar khan saduazai of multan martyared during war with ranjeet singh.
13**-Zakir hussien** ,former indian president
14-shahrukh khan, bollywood actor who has roots in peshawar
15- general bakht khan, a rohill a pathan ,1857 independence hero.
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17- Nawad bahadur yar jang ( pakistan freedom movement leader)
18_ maulana mohammed ali jahour and his borother shauket ali ,great leaders of khilafat movement,were born in rampur, by tribe they were rohillas ,the yousaf zai clan
19- Nawab mustafa khan shefta, famous urdu poet
20- Sikandar hayat khan, former governer of punjab before partition
21-Mohammed ali durrani, vice president of pakistan muslim league
22-Ataullah isakhelvi ,a niazi pathan
if u know some more personalities pls mention it
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MOulana Uzair gul of *reeshmi roomal * fame.
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Mywish Khan.
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S. Billy Khan
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also Danial Shah Khan.
and Sara516 Khan.
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I don’t get it, what is the purpose of this list? is it some form of boasting? or is it some form of inferiority complex and one is trying to overcome by claiming “he belonged to us”? 
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^No it's just like praising a not so pathan(looking/acting) list....But one must say..it is a good effort..
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Quite a few of the people (Kursheed Kasuri, Mohammed Ali Durrani, Nawabzada Nasrullah, Tiger Niazi etc) mentioned in the first post are from Punjab, whose "Pathan" families have lived there for many centuries. Just shows how welcoming Punjab has been to many ethnic groups (Balochi's, Kashmiri's, Pathans, Iranian's, Mohajirs etc) who have fully integrated into Punjabi society, without any problems. Contrast that to people who extol their so-called superior Pashtun roots, and dismiss or question anyone who has the slightest non-Pashtun blood.
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Interesting list. It shows that Punjab is welcoming, flexible and broad minded land. I like ethnic diversity of Punjab.
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Abdul-Qadeer Khan Yusufzai (Nuclear Scientist of Pak)
Imran Khan Niazi (cricketer)
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Doesn't matter about "looking", in Pashtun society like other Asian socities lineage is paternal so it doesn't make anyone less a Pashtun if his forefathers married women from other ethnic groups because Pashtun society is racially mixed like pretty much all ethnicities.
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'Talqeen Shah' wrote in Punjabi as well.
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This list is just for information. no boasting , no inferiority complex.
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U are right that punjabees have welcomed all "muslim nations". well.... some pashtuns mostly pashtuns of afghanistan and nationlists do show the behaviour u mentioned it above. i also do not like this kind of behaviours i am only proud of our history.
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Imran Khan Niazi (cricketer)
yeh i forget to mention our national hero abdaul qadir khan. he belongs to former state of bhopal ruled by yousafzai pathans and also bhopal has| had a sizable pathan population. If any one has seen the back cover of the book" history of pathans" by haroon rasheed, his picture is present along with his sayings. Famous actor amir khan is also a pathan from bhopal.
Imran khan niazi is ofcourse a pashtun but he do speak pashto and he belongs to one of the pashto speaking family of niazis.
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'Talqeen Shah' wrote in Punjabi as well.
yes ,the pathans in punjab speak punjabi irrespective of their ancestral langauge. You have watched tanveer afridi singing punjabi songs. but it does not matter.
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Isnt Attaulah Khan also a Pathan from mianwali?
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If thats the case then all my mamoo & khaloo & Nana & blah blah are all Khans .... its all bull crap. We are all humans. Being khan or butt or sheikh or ranjha or gujjar doesn't make us better.
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Does anyone know the origins of word 'khan'.
It was introduced by Mongols when they occupied good part of Afghanistan. It was Mongols who used it for themslves and not Pashtuns.