Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi D.Litt. (HC), SI, HI (Urdu: مُشتاق احمد يُوسُفی – Muštāq Ẹḥmad Yoūsufi, 4 September 1923 – 20 June 2018) born in Tonk, Rajasthan, India 1923, was a Pakistani satire and humour writer who wrote in Urdu. Yousufi also served as the head of several national and international governmental and financial institutions. He received the Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award in 1999 and the Hilal-i-Imtiaz Award in 2002, the highest literary honour given by the Government of Pakistan.
Yusufi was born in a learned family of Jaipur, Rajasthan, on 4 September 1923. From his paternal side, he was Pashtun of the Yusufzai clan, while from his maternal side he was a Rajput of the Rathore clan.His father, Abdul Karim Khan Yusufi, was chairman of the Jaipur Municipality, and later Speaker of the Jaipur Legislative Assembly. Yusufi completed his early education in Rajputana and earned BA from Agra University while MA Philosophy and LL.B. from Aligarh Muslim University. After the partition of India and formation of Pakistan, his family migrated to Karachi, Pakistan.
He joined Muslim Commercial Bank in 1950, became deputy general manager. Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi joined Allied Bank Ltd in 1965 as managing director.In 1974, he became president of United Bank Ltd. In 1977, he became chairman of the Pakistan Banking Council.
