Yousuf Salahuddin
Mian Yousuf Salahuddin میاں یوسف صلاح الدین | |
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Born |
Lahore, Pakistan | 1 November 1951
Citizenship | Pakistan |
Occupation | Television personality, philanthropist, socialite |
Home town | Lahore |
Relatives |
Allama Iqbal (grandfather) Javed Iqbal (uncle) Sardar Begum (grandmother) Waleed Iqbal (cousin) |
Mian Yousuf Salahuddin (Urdu: میاں یوسف صلاح الدین), commonly known as Yousaf Salli, is a Pakistani socialite,[1][2] philanthropist and ex-politician[3] from Lahore.
Family
He is a maternal grandson of the poet and literary scholar Allama Iqbal and nephew of Javed Iqbal.[4] His paternal grandfather, Mian Amiruddin, was the first Muslim Lord Mayor of Lahore, from the "Mian" family of Lahore, Pakistan. Salahuddin is a distant relative of the Taseer family, from which the ex-Governor of Punjab Salman Taseer hailed.
He is also related to third Governor General of Pakistan Malik Ghulam Muhammad who from the finance ministry became the Governor General of Pakistan. [5]
Social life
A resident of a traditional 17th century Mughal-style haveli, known as Barood Khana in the Walled City of Lahore, Salahuddin has hosted parties, dinners and get-togethers at his residence and elsewhere. High-profile personalities from throughout the country are invited as guests.[6] He is a figure in the city's arts and culture circles who is credited for reviving Basant festivals and organising various musical, artistic and poetic gatherings; the popular classicial music show Virsa Heritage Revived broadcast on PTV is personally hosted by Salahuddin and has invited performances from a number of artists.[7] [8][9] Pakistan Television Corporation producers and directors have used the above-mentioned Mughal-style haveli's large-sized enclosed outdoors ('haveli sehan' in Urdu language) to hold the music concerts for a live audience for their TV program Virsa: Heritage Revived.[10]
References
- ↑ Kaul, Suvir (2001). The Partitions of Memory:The Afterlife of the Division of India. Drlhi: Permanent Black. p. 198. ISBN 81 78240130.
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2625613.stm Party politics for Pakistan's poor, Yousuf Salahuddin's interview on BBC News, Published 3 Jan 2003, Retrieved 25 Feb 2016
- ↑ http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/385, Yousuf Salahuddin, listed on the official Pakistan government website as a former member of the Provincial Punjab Assembly of Pakistan, Retrieved 25 Feb 2016
- ↑ http://www.thefridaytimes.com/tft/the-old-world-charms-of-mian-salli/, Yousuf Salahuddin on The Friday Times newspaper, published 25 July 2014, Retrieved 15 Sep 2016
- ↑ PAKISTAN: The New Dictatorship, TIME Magazine, November 8, 1954, Retrieved 25 Feb 2016
- ↑ Kaul, Suvir (2001). The Partitions of Memory:The Afterlife of the Division of India. Drlhi: Permanent Black. p. 202. ISBN 81 78240130.
- ↑ http://destinationmedia.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/virsa-heritage-revived-eid-special/ Virsa Heritage Revived - Eid Special, music show hosted by Yousuf Salahuddin, held on 8 Nov 2010, Retrieved 25 Feb 2016
- ↑ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/lost-spring-in-lahore/926634/0, Yousuf Salahuddin on The Indian Express newspaper, Published 22 March 2012, Retrieved 25 Feb 2016
- ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/907906/catching-up-with-yousuf-salahuddin/, newspaper article on Yousuf Salahuddin, The Express Tribune newspaper, published 23 June 2015, Retrieved 15 Sep 2016
- ↑ https://sonyarehman.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/speaking-easy-allama-iqbals-grandson-yousaf-salahuddin-on-his-current-project-and-the-future-of-art-and-culture-in-pakistan/, Interview with Yousuf Salahuddin by Sonya Rehman, Published 5 Sep 2012, Retrieved 15 Sep 2016