Hussain Ali Yousafi

Hussain Ali Yousofi حسین علی یوسفی
Hazara Democratic Party chairman
In office 1 September 2008 – 26 January 2009
City Council member
In office 1983–1987
Personal details
Born	1958 Quetta Pakistan
Died	26 January 2009 Quetta, Pakistan
Political party	HDP
Profession	Politician, Intellectual, Actor
Website	http://www.hdp.org.pk

Hussain Ali Yousafi (Persian/Urdu: حسین علی یوسفی) was an ethnic Hazara politician in Balochistan, Pakistan. Yousafi was chairman of the Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) and a member of the Quetta city council. He was assassinated by unknown militants in 2009.

Hussain Ali Yousafi received his master's degree in commerce from the University of Balochistan 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 (HSF) 1978 - 1985. Yousafi was also an executive member of Tanzeem-e Nasl-e Nau Hazara Moghol for several years after the 1980s. He ran several times as a candidate in Provisional and National Assembly elections. He was also a member of the city council of Quetta from 1983 to 1987. Yousafi visited many countries for his peace mission and political objectives for the Hazara nation.

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. Yousafi wrote several research works on Hazaragi idioms and proverbs in Urdu, Persian and English.

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 by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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