Yusuf Khattak | |
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Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources | |
In office 14 August 1974 – 5 July 1977 | |
President | Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry |
Prime Minister | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
Preceded by | VAdm SM Ahsan |
Succeeded by | Lt. Gen. Yaqub Khan |
Personal details | |
Born | Muhamad Yusuf Khan Khattak 18 November 1917 Oghi District Mansehra, Where his father KB Mohammed Quli Khan,was posted as British civil service members], NWFP, British Indian Empire (Present-day Pakistan) |
Died | 29 July 1991 Islamabad, Pakistan | (aged 73)
Citizenship | British Subject (1917–47) Pakistan (1947–91) |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
Other political affiliations | Muslim League |
Relations | Aslam Khattak (brother) Habibullah Khattak (brother) Mehr-un-Nisa (sister) |
Alma mater | Government College University Oxford University |
Occupation | Politician |
Cabinet | Z.A. Bhutto Government |
Muhamad Yusuf Khan Khattak (18 November 1917 – 29 July 1991) was a Pakistani politician, left-wing intellectual, lawyer, and noted Pakistan Movement activist from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[1]
Although an early member of the Muslim League, he actively participated in politics through the left-oriented Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which he served as the minister of petroleum under the government of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.[2]
He was a highly respectable statesman and represented Pakistan at various international conferences during his political career.[1]