Mr Jinnah in Bannu, 1948

In 1948 Lt. Col. Mohammed Yousuf was promoted to the rank of Brigadier and given command in Bannu. In April 1948 the Quaid, on his tour of the (then) NWFP, visited the D.I.K. Guides Cavalry, and on April 16 he spent a day in Bannu. He was accompanied by Miss Fatima Jinnah.

After lunch at a Battalion Mess, he came to Brigade House in the Fort in Bannu. After tea, Mr. Jinnah addressed a large gathering from the ramparts. Colonel Sahibzada Khurshid (later Governor NWFP) was also in attendance. In the late afternoon the Quaid, with Miss Jinnah, flew to Peshawar to present colours to an Infantry Brigade, and to hold a large garden party at Government House.

Brigadier Yousuf, later Lieutenant General, Ambassador to Australia in 1957 and twice High Commissioner to Great Britain (1959-63 and 1971-72), accompanied the Quaid on this visit to Bannu.