Muhamad Yusuf Khan Khattak was a Pakistani politician, left-wing intellectual, lawyer, and noted Pakistan Movement activist from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
10 Facts About Yusuf Khattak
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Yusuf Khattak was a highly respectable elder statesman and represented Pakistan at various international conferences during his political career.
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Yusuf Khattak was born into a prominent Pashtun Khattak family, in Karak, North-West Frontier Province now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
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Yusuf Khattak's father, Khan Bahadur Kuli Khan Khattak, was an influential figure in the nationalist politics of the then-North-West Frontier Province.
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Yusuf Khattak attended the Oxford University where he earned a BA in history, followed by MA in modern history.
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Yusuf Khattak led the Pakistan Movement section against the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Congress government under Dr Khan Sahib.
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Yusuf Khattak was then elected secretary general of the Provincial Muslim League, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in 1949.
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Yusuf Khattak was elevated to the prominent position of secretary general of All Pakistan Muslim League the same year thereby succeeding Liaquat Ali Khan, prime minister of Pakistan as secretary general of the league.
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Yusuf Khattak was re-elected to his seat in the 1977 election despite the Qayyum League's rout.
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Yusuf Khattak died on 29 July 1991 at Islamabad, Pakistan after a long illness.