Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and veteran politician Nawab Yousuf Talpur passed away on Wednesday at a private hospital in Karachi. He was 82 and had been undergoing treatment for a lung infection.
A prominent figure in Sindh’s political landscape, Talpur was a hero of the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD) and a long-time member of PPP’s central executive committee. He was widely known for advocating Sindh’s water rights and minority issues.
Born on January 15, 1943, in the village of Mithy-je-Khaan near Jaimesabad/Kot Ghulam Mohammad, Talpur began his political journey through the Sindh University Students’ Union. He was elected to the Sindh Assembly in 1977 on a PPP ticket and later joined the Sindhi-Baloch-Pashtun Front led by Murtaza Bhutto. After electoral defeats in 1988 and 1990, he returned to PPP and remained a key political figure.
Talpur was elected to the National Assembly six times, serving as a federal minister in 1993. From the 2002 general elections until 2024, he remained undefeated, except in 1997 when Pir Noor Mohammad Shah Jeelani of the PML-N won against him.
He is survived by two sons, four daughters, and a wife. One of his wives had passed away earlier. His son, Nawab Taimur Talpur, is currently serving as an MPA.
