Previously he served in the capacity of a Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on the National Security Division and Strategic Policy Planning from 24 December 2019 to 16 May 2021.

[2] Before joining the government, Yusuf was the Associate Vice President for Asia at the Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., and previously a Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, and a Research Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center at Harvard University's Kennedy School.

[3] He holds Bachelor of Business Administration from Shorter College; Masters and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Boston University.

[4] On 25 September 2019, he was appointed as Chairperson of Pakistan's Strategic Policy Planning Cell under National Security Division for a two-year period.

[5] On 24 December 2019, he was appointed as the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on National Security Division and Strategic Policy Planning.