The State of Las Bela was founded in 1742 by Jam Ali Khan I of the Aliani family of the Jamot tribe to which the present Jam of Lasbela belongs. His descendants ruled Las Bela until 1955 when the state became part of Pakistan. The hereditary rulers of Las Bela are styled as Jam Sahib.
Mir Jam Mohammad Yousaf was born in 1954 at Lasbela, Balochistan.
He belonged to the famous Jam faimily of Lasbela.
He did an Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws in 1979. 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 Master of Public Administration in the National and Balochistan Provincial Assembly.
He was the Provincial President of PML (Q) from 2002. Jam Mohammad Yousaf died of cardiac arrest on 3 February 2013 in Islamabad, and buried in Bara Bagh Cemetery, Lasbela.
