Jam Mohammad Yousaf


Jam Mir Mohammad Yousaf Aliani was the 12th Jam of Lasbela, and a former Chief Minister of Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Background and family

Mir Jam Mohammad Yousaf was born in 1954 at Lasbela, Balochistan. He belonged to the Koreja Family of Samma Tribe who ruled over Sindh.
One of his ancestor Jam Arradin Migrated from Sindh and settled in Kanrach during the reign of Mughal emperor Jahangir later one of his descendents of Jam Arradin,Jam Rabdino was known for his bravery and generosity.
At that time Lasbela was under the rule of Burfats
Finally Jam comes over and They ruled over Lasbela for our two centuries and produced nine able rulers namely
Jam Aali Korejo
Jam Ghulam Shah Korejo
Jam Mir Khan Korejo
Jam Aali Khan II,Jam Mir Khan II,Jam Mir Khan III,Jam Kamal khan,Jam Ghulam Muhammad Khan and Jam Ghulam Qadir Khan

Academic

He did an MA and LLB in 1979.

Political career

Yousaf served as the Chief Minister of Balochistan province from 2002 to 2007.
He also had been the Minister for Water and Power, Railways and a Minister in Balochistan assembly. Previously he has held positions as MNA and MPA in the National and Balochistan Provincial Assembly. He was the Provincial President of PML from 2002.

Nawab Bugti Murder Case

On October 7, 2009, a single bench of the Balochistan High Court comprising Chief Justice Qazi Faez Essa accepted an application of Nawabzada Jamil Akbar Bugti, the eldest son of former Balochistan Governor and Chief Minister Nawab Akbar Bugti, alleging that Yousaf, along with former President Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Shaukat Aziz, was responsible for the killing of his father on August 26,2006 in a military operation. BHC ordered the sub-house officer of Dera Bugti to register a first investigation report against Yousaf. On January 9, 2010, the Supreme Court of Pakistan rejected Yousaf's plea against the BHC orders to file a case against him in the Nawab Bugti murder case. In 2012, Jamil Bugti formally nominated Yousaf in his police report alleging that the former chief minister was responsible for his father's killing. On July 17,2012, the BHC granted Yousaf interim bail in the case.

Death

Jam Mohammad Yousaf died of cardiac arrest on 3 February 2013 in Islamabad, and buried in Bara Bagh Cemetery, Lasbela.