Muhammad Yousaf

The World Snooker Championship Trophy on display at “The Cue Zone” outside the Crucible Theather in Sheffield

Muhammad Yousaf (Urdu: محمد یوسف‎), also spelled as Mohammed Yousuf, is a Pakistani snooker player. He is the winner of the 1994 IBSF World Snooker Championship, 2006 IBSF World Masters Championship,^[1] and 1998 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship.

Biography

He was born in 1952 at in Mumbai, India and later migrated to Karachi, Pakistan. Currently, he is resident in Rawalpindi and coaches young snooker players in one of the largest snooker clubs of Pakistan, Dolphin Snooker Club, situated in Chandni Chowk, Rawalpindi.

  Career

In 1994, at the IBSF World Snooker Championship at Johannesburg, he defeated Iceland’s Johannes R. Johannesson 11-9 to become the IBSF World Snooker Champion. In 2006, he beat Glen Wilkinson of Australia in Amman 5-4 to win the IBSF World Masters Championship in Jordan.^[2] He also competed at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.^[3]

 Achievements

• 2006 IBSF World Masters Champion
• 2002 Asian Champion
• 2000 IBSF World Championship Quarter Final
• 1998 ACBS Asian Snooker Champion
• 1994 IBSF World Snooker Champion

Trivia

English: The Habib Bank Plaza, located in Karachi, Pakistan. Photographed in 2006. Category:Images of Pakistani office buildings (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Habib Bank Plaza, located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, is the head office of Habib Bank. It was Pakistan’s tallest building upon completion in 1963. It remained the tallest building for four decades until the 116m tall^[2] MCB Tower was completed in 2005. However, even after the MCB Tower, the Habib Bank Plaza is the fourth tallest building in Karachi today and the ninth tallest in Pakistan.

History

Pakistan’s tallest building from 1963 until 2005. After 2005, MCB Landmark plaza became the tallest building of Pakistan with 29 floors^[2] and a helipad on top. Habib bank plaza has 22 floors.

• Architect: Leo A Daly
• Construction Companies: Haydari Construction Company Limited, Haydari Boring and Piling Company Limited and Abbas Builders Limited (all part of The Habib Group)
• Head office of Habib Bank.
• It was Pakistan’s tallest building from 1963 until 2005.
• The bank remained the tallest building for 42 years until MCB Tower was completed in 2005.^[3]
• Tallest Building in South Asia for 7 Years, from 1963 to 1970.^[3] When the 156m tall MVRDC were completed in Mumbai.
• Habib Bank Plaza is the second highest building in Karachi today.