Yusuf Khattak
Yusuf Khattak | |
|---|---|
| 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, NWFP, British Indian Empire (Present-day Pakistan) |
| Died | 29 July 1991 (aged 73) Islamabad, Pakistan |
| 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 Khan (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.
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.
He was a highly respectable statesman and represented Pakistan at various international conferences during his political career.