Background
Yousufi was born in a learned family of Jaipur, Rajasthan on 4 August 1923. His father Abdul Karim Khan Yousufi was chairman of the Jaipur Municipality, and later Speaker of the Jaipur Legislative Assembly.
Yousufi was born in a learned family of Jaipur, Rajasthan on 4 August 1923. His father Abdul Karim Khan Yousufi was chairman of the Jaipur Municipality, and later Speaker of the Jaipur Legislative Assembly.
Yousufi completed his early education in Rajputana and earned Bachelor of Arts from Agra University while Master of Arts
Yousufi has also served as the head of several national and international governmental and financial institutions. Philosophy and Bachelor of Laws from Aligarh Muslim University. After partition of India his family migrated to Karachi, Pakistan. he has served urdu literature through his life.
Joined Allied Bank Limited in 1965 as Managing Director.
In 1974 he became President of United Bank Limited. In 1977 became Chairman of the Pakistan Banking Council.
Awarded Quaid-i-Azam Memorial Medal for distinguished services in banking. Ibn-e-Insha, himself an Urdu satirist and humorist, wrote about Yousufi: "..if ever we could give a name to the literary humour of our time, then the only name that comes to mind is that of Yousufi!" Another scholar, Doctor Zaheer Fatehpuri, wrote, "We are living in the "Yousufi era" of Urdu literary humour.." The Yousufi era started from 1961 when Yousufi"s first book Chiragh talay was published.
So far 11 editions of this book have appeared.
lieutenant has a foreword titled "Pahla pathhar" written by the author himself plus 12 satirical and humorous articles He is living in Karachi and often appears in television programs as well as seminars.