Yusuf Khattak

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.

At GCU, he graduated with BA in comparative literature and poetry, and moved to the United Kingdom for higher studies.

[1] During the Civil disobedience movement in British India, Khattak was arrested and sent to jail along with other leaders of the Muslim League.

[1] ln spite of his release orders, he refused to come out of the jail and persistently defied the orders by remaining behind the bars till Muhammad Ali Jinnah gave a clarion call to the Muslim League leaders to fight the battle for referendum in North West Frontier Province.

[1] Yusuf Khattak led the Pakistan Movement section against the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Congress government under Dr Khan Sahib.

The leaders of the Muslim League, 1940. Jinnah is seated at centre.
The leaders of the Muslim League, 1940. Jinnah is seated at centre.
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