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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{short description|Pakistani politician (1916–2011)}}
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{{Infobox Officeholder
{{Infobox Officeholder
|name = Yusuf Abdullah Haroon<br><small>[[Urdu]]: یوسف ہارون</small>
|name = Yusuf Abdullah Haroon
|office2 = 3rd [[Chief Minister of Sindh]]
|office2 = 3rd [[Chief Minister of Sindh]]
|governor_general2 = [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]<br>[[Khawaja Nazimuddin]]
|governor_general2 = [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]<br>[[Khawaja Nazimuddin]]
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|term_end = September 1969
|term_end = September 1969
|birth_date = 1916
|birth_date = 1916
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2011|02|12|1916}}
|death_date = {{Death date and given age|df=y|2011|02|12|95}}
|death_place = [[New York City]], [[United States]]
|death_place = [[New York City]], [[United States]]
|spouse = Pasha Haroon<ref>https://www.dawn.com/news/1239465</ref>
|spouse = Pasha Haroon
|party = [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
|party = [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]
|father = [[Abdullah Haroon]]
|father = [[Abdullah Haroon]]
|relatives = [[Mahmoud Haroon]] (brother)
|relatives = [[Mahmoud Haroon]] (brother)
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'''Muhammad Yusuf Abdullah Haroon''' (1916 – 12 February 2011) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 5th [[Governor of West Pakistan]] and 3rd [[Chief Minister of Sindh]].<ref name=TheNation>[https://nation.com.pk/politics/14-Feb-2011/Yusuf-Haroon-passes-away-at-95 Obituary of Yusuf Haroon on The Nation newspaper] Published 14 February 2011, Retrieved 17 September 2021</ref>
'''Muhammad Yusuf Abdullah Haroon''' (1916 – 12 February 2011) was a Pakistani businessman and politician who served as the 5th [[Governor of West Pakistan]] and 3rd [[Chief Minister of Sindh]].<ref name=TheNation>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/14-Feb-2011/yusuf-haroon-passes-away-at-95 |title=Yusuf Haroon passes away at 95 |agency=[[Associated Press of Pakistan]] |work=[[The Nation (Pakistan)|The Nation]] |date=14 February 2011 |access-date=2024-08-14}}</ref>


==Early life and family==
==Early life and family==
Born in 1916 to [[Abdullah Haroon]], Yusuf worked closely with [[Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] as his personal assistant and was active in the [[Pakistan Movement]].<ref name=TheNation/> He was a witness to [[All-India Muslim League]]'s 25th session in [[Allahabad]] in 1930.<ref name=PakistanToday>{{cite news|url=https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/02/15/yusuf-haroon-a-chapter-closed/ |author=Qazi Asif|title=Yusuf Haroon - a chapter closed|newspaper=Pakistan Today (newspaper)|date=15 February 2011|access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref>
Born in 1916 to [[Abdullah Haroon]], Yusuf worked closely with [[Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] as his personal assistant and was active in the [[Pakistan Movement]].<ref name=TheNation/> He was a witness to [[All-India Muslim League]]'s 25th session in [[Allahabad]] in 1930.<ref name=PakistanToday>{{cite news |first=Qazi |last=Asif |title=Yusuf Haroon - a chapter closed |work=[[Pakistan Today]] |date=15 February 2011 |url=https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/02/15/yusuf-haroon-a-chapter-closed/ |access-date=17 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917232806/https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/02/15/yusuf-haroon-a-chapter-closed/ |archive-date=2021-09-17 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Yusuf married Pasha Haroon, the niece of [[Aga Khan III]] who was the 48th Imam of the Ismaili Shias, in 1937.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pasha Haroon: A tryst with history |first=Naziha Syed |last=Ali |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=14 February 2016 |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1239465}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Yusuf was active in politics spanning nearly seven decades.
Yusuf was active in politics spanning nearly seven decades.


From May 10, 1944, to May 8, 1945, he served as mayor of [[Partition of India|Pre-independence]] [[Karachi]].<ref name=PakistanToday/> After the independence, he became [[chief minister of Sindh]] and served as the chief minister between 1949–50 and then as a [[governor of West Pakistan]] in 1969.<ref name=PakistanToday/>
From 10 May 1944 to 8 May 1945, he served as mayor of [[Partition of India|pre-independence]] [[Karachi]].<ref name=PakistanToday/> After independence, he served as [[Chief Minister of Sindh]] between 1949–50, where he piloted a bill for land reform to abolish large land-holdings. When the bill failed to pass, he resigned from his position as chief minister.<ref name=Dawn/> In 1969, Haroon served as [[governor of West Pakistan]] in 1969.<ref name=PakistanToday/>


Yusuf also served as a [[Cabinet of Pakistan|federal minister]] and as a high commissioner to [[Australia]]. In addition, he worked briefly as chief editor, Daily [[Dawn newspaper]] in 1966. After moving to New York, he served as an executive of the now-defunct [[Pan Am Airlines]] before retiring.<ref name=PakistanToday/>
Yusuf also served as a [[Cabinet of Pakistan|federal minister]] and as a high commissioner to [[Australia]]. In 1966, he worked briefly as chief editor for ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]'', a daily newspaper. After moving to New York, he served as an executive of the now-defunct [[Pan Am Airlines]] before retiring.<ref name=PakistanToday/>


===''Dawn''===
As chief minister of Sindh, Yusuf Haroon piloted a bill for land reform to abolish large land-holdings. When the bill failed to pass, he resigned from his position as chief minister.<ref name=Dawn/>
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Yusuf Haroon was a founding member of ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]''. In 1946, when Yusuf was in New Delhi to attend a constituent assembly session, Jinnah called him to his residence and asked him to discontinue the newspaper ''The Herald'', then edited by Desmond Young, and instead start the publication of ''Dawn'' in Karachi, [[Pakistan]], the soon-to-be independent nation, even though Dawn’s Delhi edition would continue to be published. Jinnah also asked him and his family to buy all the shares of the new newspaper company.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The day Dawn became Herald |website=journalismpakistan.com |date=27 April 2013 |url=https://www.journalismpakistan.com/The-day-Dawn-became-Herald |access-date=2024-08-14}}</ref>


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He became the chief editor of the Dawn newspaper in April 1966<ref name=Dawn>{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/606732/obituary-former-governor-of-west-pakistan-no-more |title=Obituary: Former governor of West Pakistan no more |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=17 February 2011 |access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref> after the long time editor [[Altaf Husain]] decided to join the cabinet of President of Pakistan, Field Marshal [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]] in March 1965. Altaf Husain had been hand-picked by Jinnah to be the editor of ''Dawn'', Delhi before 1947.<ref name=Dawn/> He was also elected the president of the [[All Pakistan Newspapers Society]] of Pakistan for the term 1966–67. Yusuf Haroon's independent-looking outlook annoyed the next [[President of Pakistan]] General [[Yahya Khan]] and he had to leave Pakistan in a hurry to avoid arrest in 1969. He later decided to settle in New York and remained there after the Yahya Khan government fell in December 1971.<ref name=Dawn/> He provided financial support to [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], the future President of Bangladesh, who was employed at an insurance company owned by Haroon.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Joseph |last=Lelyveld |title=Rich Pakistani Friend of Mujib Is a 'Refugee' Here |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=10 |date=1972-01-04 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/04/archives/rich-pakistani-friend-of-mujib-is-a-refugee-here.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-10-10 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Foundation of newspaper==
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Yusuf Haroon was a founding member of the [[Dawn newspaper]]. In 1946, when Yusuf was in [[New Delhi]] to attend a constituent assembly session, Jinnah called him to his residence and asked him to discontinue the newspaper The Herald, then edited by Desmond Young, and instead start the publication of Dawn newspaper in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]], the soon-to-be independent nation, even though Dawn’s Delhi edition would continue to be published. Jinnah also asked him and his family to buy all the shares of the new newspaper company.<ref>[http://www.journalismpakistan.com/The-day-Dawn-became-Herald The day Dawn became Herald] JournalismPakistan.com website, Published 27 April 2013, Retrieved 17 September 2021</ref>

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He became the chief editor of the Dawn newspaper in April 1966<ref name=Dawn>[https://www.dawn.com/news/606732/obituary-former-governor-of-west-pakistan-no-more Obituary: Former governor of West Pakistan no more] Dawn (newspaper), Published 17 February 2011, Retrieved 17 September 2021</ref> after the long time editor [[Altaf Husain]] decided to join the cabinet of President of Pakistan, Field Marshal [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]] in March 1965. Altaf Husain had been hand-picked by Jinnah to be the editor of Dawn, Delhi before 1947.<ref name=Dawn/> He was also elected the president of the [[All Pakistan Newspapers Society]] of Pakistan for the term 1966–67. Yusuf Haroon's independent-looking outlook annoyed the next [[President of Pakistan]] General [[Yahya Khan]] and he had to leave Pakistan in a hurry to avoid arrest in 1969. He later decided to settle in New York and remained there after the Yahya Khan government fell in December 1971.<ref name=Dawn/>


==Death==
==Death==
Yusuf Haroon died on February 12, 2011, after a protracted illness, at the age of 95 in New York.<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=TheNation/><ref name=Dawn3>[https://www.dawn.com/news/606938/yusuf-haroon-laid-to-rest Yusuf Haroon laid to rest] Dawn (newspaper), Published 17 February 2011, Retrieved 17 September 2021</ref>
Yusuf Haroon died on 12 February 2011, after a protracted illness, at the age of 95 in New York.<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=TheNation/><ref name=Dawn3>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/606938/yusuf-haroon-laid-to-rest |title=Yusuf Haroon laid to rest |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=17 February 2011 |access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref>


His funeral was attended by the former Pakistani prime minister Mir [[Zafarullah Khan Jamali]], former Sindh governors [[Kamal Azfar]] and [[Moinuddin Haider]], former speaker of [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] [[Illahi Bukhsh Soomro]] and the veteran politician [[Sherbaz Khan Mazari]].<ref name=Dawn3/>
His funeral was attended by the former Pakistani prime minister Mir [[Zafarullah Khan Jamali]], former Sindh governors [[Kamal Azfar]] and [[Moinuddin Haider]], former speaker of [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] [[Illahi Bukhsh Soomro]] and the veteran politician [[Sherbaz Khan Mazari]].<ref name=Dawn3/>
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Yusuf Abdullah Haroon
5th Governor of West Pakistan
In office
March 1969 – September 1969
Preceded byMuhammad Musa
Succeeded byMalik Nur Khan
3rd Chief Minister of Sindh
In office
18 February 1949 – 7 May 1950
Governors GeneralMuhammad Ali Jinnah
Khawaja Nazimuddin
Preceded byPir Ilahi Bux
Succeeded byQazi Fazlullah Ubaidullah
Personal details
Born1916
Died (aged 95)
New York City, United States
Political partyMuslim League
SpousePasha Haroon
Parent
RelativesMahmoud Haroon (brother)

Muhammad Yusuf Abdullah Haroon (1916 – 12 February 2011) was a Pakistani businessman and politician who served as the 5th Governor of West Pakistan and 3rd Chief Minister of Sindh.[1]

Early life and family

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Born in 1916 to Abdullah Haroon, Yusuf worked closely with Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah as his personal assistant and was active in the Pakistan Movement.[1] He was a witness to All-India Muslim League's 25th session in Allahabad in 1930.[2]

Yusuf married Pasha Haroon, the niece of Aga Khan III who was the 48th Imam of the Ismaili Shias, in 1937.[3]

Career

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Yusuf was active in politics spanning nearly seven decades.

From 10 May 1944 to 8 May 1945, he served as mayor of pre-independence Karachi.[2] After independence, he served as Chief Minister of Sindh between 1949–50, where he piloted a bill for land reform to abolish large land-holdings. When the bill failed to pass, he resigned from his position as chief minister.[4] In 1969, Haroon served as governor of West Pakistan in 1969.[2]

Yusuf also served as a federal minister and as a high commissioner to Australia. In 1966, he worked briefly as chief editor for Dawn, a daily newspaper. After moving to New York, he served as an executive of the now-defunct Pan Am Airlines before retiring.[2]

Dawn

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Main article: Dawn (newspaper)

Yusuf Haroon was a founding member of Dawn. In 1946, when Yusuf was in New Delhi to attend a constituent assembly session, Jinnah called him to his residence and asked him to discontinue the newspaper The Herald, then edited by Desmond Young, and instead start the publication of Dawn in Karachi, Pakistan, the soon-to-be independent nation, even though Dawn’s Delhi edition would continue to be published. Jinnah also asked him and his family to buy all the shares of the new newspaper company.[5]

He became the chief editor of the Dawn newspaper in April 1966[4] after the long time editor Altaf Husain decided to join the cabinet of President of Pakistan, Field Marshal Ayub Khan in March 1965. Altaf Husain had been hand-picked by Jinnah to be the editor of Dawn, Delhi before 1947.[4] He was also elected the president of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society of Pakistan for the term 1966–67. Yusuf Haroon's independent-looking outlook annoyed the next President of Pakistan General Yahya Khan and he had to leave Pakistan in a hurry to avoid arrest in 1969. He later decided to settle in New York and remained there after the Yahya Khan government fell in December 1971.[4] He provided financial support to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the future President of Bangladesh, who was employed at an insurance company owned by Haroon.[6]

Death

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Yusuf Haroon died on 12 February 2011, after a protracted illness, at the age of 95 in New York.[4][1][7]

His funeral was attended by the former Pakistani prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, former Sindh governors Kamal Azfar and Moinuddin Haider, former speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan Illahi Bukhsh Soomro and the veteran politician Sherbaz Khan Mazari.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Yusuf Haroon passes away at 95". The Nation. Associated Press of Pakistan. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Asif, Qazi (15 February 2011). "Yusuf Haroon - a chapter closed". Pakistan Today. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  3. ^ Ali, Naziha Syed (14 February 2016). "Pasha Haroon: A tryst with history". Dawn.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Former governor of West Pakistan no more". Dawn. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  5. ^ "The day Dawn became Herald". journalismpakistan.com. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  6. ^ Lelyveld, Joseph (4 January 1972). "Rich Pakistani Friend of Mujib Is a 'Refugee' Here". The New York Times. p. 10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Yusuf Haroon laid to rest". Dawn. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
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Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Karachi
1944–1945 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Minister of Sindh
1949–1950 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of West Pakistan
1969 		Succeeded by
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