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Hussain Ali Yousafi was an ethnic Hazara politician in Balochistan

Balochistan (Pakistan)

Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

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. Yousafi was chairman of the Hazara Democratic Party

Hazara Democratic Party

The Hazara Democratic Party |The Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) |The Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) |(: is a political party of Hazara tribe in Pakistan. It is the largest political party of Hazaras. They are an active Political Party in Quetta city where Hazaras make 1/3 of population.- History and...

(HDP) and a member of the Quetta

Quetta

is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the...

city council. He was assassinated by unknown militants in 2009.

Political and Social Career

Hussain Ali Yousafi received his masters degree in commerce from the University of Balochistan

University of Balochistan

The University of Balochistan was established in 1971 in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. It has more than 6,000 students in one campus, 35 different fields of studies and 5 faculties. according to the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, the university is 11th best general category university in...

Quetta

in 1985. He was elected chairman of the Hazara Democratic Party in December 2008. Yousafi was twice elected president of the Hazara Student Federation

Hazara Student Federation

The Hazara Student Federation is a student political Federation of Hazara students in Pakistan which represents the Hazaras living in Pakistan. HSF is one of the oldest and most active student organization since 1978....

(HSF) 1978 - 1985. Yousafi was also an executive member of Tanzeem-e Nasl-e Nau Hazara Moghol for several years after 1980s. He ran several times as a candidate in Provisional and National Assembly elections. He was also a member of the city council

City council

A city council or town council is the legislative body that governs a city, town, municipality or local government area.-Australia & NZ:Because of the differences in legislation between the States, the exact definition of a City Council varies...

of Quetta from 1983 to 1987.

Yousafi visited many countries for his peace mission and political objectives for the Hazara nation.

Other academic and creative works

Hussain Ali Yousafi wrote and directed many Hazaragi-language dramas (writing 25 plays), and acted in them as well. He also wrote poetry in Hazaragi. His performance in Radio Pakistan Quetta in Hazaragi time as Peiwand lalai, a segment which is spoken in Hazaragi language

Hazaragi language

Hazaragi is a dialect of the Persian language spoken by the Hazara people, most of all in an area known as the Hazarajat.- General :The primary differences between Standard Persian and Hazaragi are the accent and Hazaragi's greater array of Turkic and Mongolian loanwords...

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Yousafi wrote several research works on Hazaragi idioms and proverbs in Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

, Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

and English

English language

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Assassination

Hussain Ali Yousafi was shot by unknown in Quetta on 26 January 2009. His assassination was considered one of the greatest losses to the Hazara community since the 1995 killing of Abdul Ali Mazari

Abdul Ali Mazari

Abdul Ali Mazari was a political leader of the Hezbe Wahdat during and following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Mazari was an ethnic Hazara, and believed the solution to the divisiveness in Afghanistan was in federalism, where every ethnic group would have specific constitutional...

by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Reactions to his assassination

Various political leaders from Pakistan

Pakistan

, such as Asif Ali Zardari
Asif Ali Zardari
Asif Ali Zardari is the 11th and current President of Pakistan and the Co-Chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party . He is also the widower of Benazir Bhutto, who served two nonconsecutive terms as Prime Minister....

and abroad condemned this political assassination. In reaction, Hazaras and others took part in protests and rallies in different countries. Demonstrations and protests were recorded in Pakistan

Pakistan

and Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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, as well as Canada

Canada

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, Australia

Australia

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, Europe

Europe

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, and the United States

United States

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.

The Hazara Democratic Party

Hazara Democratic Party

organized an All Parties Conference (APC) on 8 February 2009 in Quetta, focused on the restoration of peace and condemnation of Yousafi's killing. The meeting was attended by a wide variety of Pakistani political parties, to include the National Party (Pakistan)

National Party (Pakistan)

National Party is a democratic, centre-left Baloch nationalist political party. It is one of the largest Baloch nationalist parties active in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan along with Balochistan National Party...

, Balochistan National Party

Balochistan National Party

The Balochistan National Party or Balochistan National Party is a political party in Balochistan, Pakistan...

, and Pakistan Muslim League

Pakistan Muslim League

The Pakistan Muslim League was founded in 1962, as a successor to the previously disbanded Muslim League in Pakistan. Unlike the original PML which ended in 1958 when General Ayub Khan banned all political parties, each subsequent Muslim League was in some way propped by the military dictators of...

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The Hazara Democratic Party announced in a press conference at Quetta Press Club (1 February 2009),

The Party's supreme council has decided on a title for HDP Chairman Hussain Ali Yousafi: Shaheed Chairman (Martyr Chairman) for his historic political and social services.

Political and Social Career

Other academic and creative works

Assassination

Reactions to his assassination

External links

See also