Renowned Humorist Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi Passes Away

Yousafi lost his battle to death after remaining sick for long.

Karachi (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 20th June, 2018) Pakistan’s renowned urdu satire and humor writer Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi passed away in Karachi on Wednesday.

Yousafi lost his battle to death after remaining sick for long. Yousufi is considered one of the most prominent and renowned humorists of Pakistan.

Yousufi also served as the head of several national and international governmental and financial institutions. He was a banker by profession and worked in Muslim Commercial Bank and Allied Bank. He later became the president of United Bank in 1974. In 1977, he became chairman of the Pakistan Banking Council. He was awarded Quaid-e-Azam Memorial Medal for distinguished services in banking.

He received several awards, including Sitara-e-Imtiaz in 1999 and Hilal-e-Imtiaz in 2002 (the highest literary honor given by the Government of Pakistan).