User:Nasir haider/Sardar Muhammad Yousuf

Sardar Muhammad Yousuf was a former nazim of Mansehra District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.[1] He is a member of the Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-azam).[2] He has recently shot to prominence for opposing the renaming of the NWFP to Pakhtunkhwa. He criticised the President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, for referring to the province as Pakhtunkhwa - saying this was unconstitutional and done to please coalition partners.[3] He along with other nazims of the Districts Hazara Division opposed the name change. If the province was renamed in line with the proposal from the Awami National Party then, according to Sardar Yousuf, a creation of a Hazara Province would be justified. [3] He has a termendous political career, started as a member of district council, winning provincial assembly seat. He won MNA seat from mansehra for three consecutive terms. After being elected as District Nazim he worked hard for the rehabilitation of the survival of 2005 devastating earthquake. His major contribution is resolving the issue of NOC for the poor tenants. Now he has joined hand with the Hazara action committee for the rights of hazara peoples and he is the convener of the Hazara action committee. Infact his son,Sardar Shahjahan Yousuf(current MNA), was the first member who opposed the pukhtunkhawa in national assembly. He protested and Asif zardari, president, to not use pukhtinkhawa during his speech to the joint session.