Sardar Muhammad Yousuf
| MNA Sardar Muhammad Yousuf سردار محمد یوسف | |
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| Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony | |
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Assumed office 8 June 2013 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mansehra, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) |
| Children | Sardar Shahjahan Yousuf[1] |
| Religion | Islam |
Sardar Muhammad Yousuf (Urdu: سردار محمد یوسف) is a Pakistani politician who is the current Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony in the third Sharif ministry.[2][3] A member of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Yousuf has been an elected member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, representing Mansehra non-consequently since 1990.[4][5]
Political career
Yousuf was elected the member of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the first time in Pakistani general election, 1985. He was re-elected as the member of the Provincial Assembly in Pakistani general election, 1990.
In Pakistani general election, 1990, he was elected as the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the firs time. In Pakistani general election, 1993 he was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly for the second time and for the third time in Pakistani general election, 1997.[6] He served as District Nazim of Mansehra District.[7]
In early 2013, he left Pakistan Muslim League (Q)[8] to join the PML-N [7] and was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly for the fourth time in the Pakistani general election, 2013.[9] Upon PML-N victory in the Pakistani general election, 2013, he was appointed Minister for Religious Affair and Interfaith Harmony in the third Sharif ministry.[10]
References
- ↑ "PML-N striving to regain strength in Hazara". DAWN.COM. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ↑ Wajahat S. Khan. "Charlie Hebdo Attack: Pakistani Legislators Chant 'Death to Blasphemers'". NBC News.
- ↑ "Pilgrimage fares to be cut, says minister". DAWN.COM. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ↑ "A single objective: Hazara leaders agree to roadmap for separate province - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ↑ "Tough contest seen on Mansehra seats". DAWN.COM. 19 September 2002. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ↑ "Differences surface in Mansehra PML-N". DAWN.COM. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- 1 2 "In Mansehra, tough battle expected among PML-N, PTI and JUI-F - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ↑ "Constituency profile: For Mansehra seats, it's the mosque that matters - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ↑ "PML-N candidate wins NA-20 Mansehra seat - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ↑ "25-member cabinet takes oath". Pakistan Today. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
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| Preceded by Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah |
Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony 2013 |
Incumbent |
