Mr. Yousfani was born on October 15, 1964. He passed his matriculation examination (Science Group) with distinction in Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics securing first division in the year 1980 from Government Comprehensive High School, Mirpurkhas. He joined Shah Abdul Latif Government College and later Government Degree College Latifabad for further studies. Thereafter, he passed the intermediate examination (Pre-Engineering Group) with distinction in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics securing first division in the year 1982. He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Sindh University Jamshoro with distinction in Economics as an external candidate, securing first division in the year 1986. He received his Bachelor of Engineering Degree with major in Electronics from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro with an outstanding performance and was awarded two Gold Medals as well. Due to the academic achievements, he was awarded the Merit Scholarships by Mehran University and Quaid-e-Azam Aligarh Scholarship Trust throughout his professional academic career spanning over a period of four years.

Because of his superb academic achievements and accomplishments, he was offered the position of Lecturer, Department of Computer Systems Engineering at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, which he joined in December 1988. He taught for four years to undergraduate students of Electronic, Computer Systems and Industrial Engineering at the university. He has four research papers to his credit during his teaching tenure at the university and had the opportunity to present his work at the national level. He served the private sector as Logistics Engineer, Union Texas Pakistan Incorporated in the field operations at Khaskheli Oil Fields, District Badin Sindh for a short span of about 4 months during the year 1992. On clearing the Competitive Examination, 1991 conducted by the Federal Public Service Commission, Islamabad on a national basis, he joined the Civil Superior Service of Pakistan after allocation to the Commerce and Trade Group. He served under the ministry of Commerce, Government of Pakistan as Assistant Director, Export Promotion Bureau for a period of over one year. Before being posted as Assistant Director, he had to undergo an intensive training programme (20^th CTP) at the Civil Services Academy, Walton, Lahore and a Specialized Training Porgramme at the Foreign Trade Institute of Pakistan, Islamabad. While on transfer to the Central Board of Revenue, he served as Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax at Hyderabad after successfully completing another intensive specialized training programme at the Directorate of Training (Direct Taxes), Lahore. During his service with the Federal Government of Pakistan, he re-appeared in the Competitve Examination, 1993 and stood 11^th in the countrywide merit list and 1^st in the province of Sindh. As a result of this examination, he was allocated to the Customs and Excise service group of the Federal Government being his first choice. On successful completion of yet another intensive specialized training programme at the National Institute of Customs and Excise, Old Custom House, Karachi, he was posted as Assistant Collector of Sales Tax, Hyderabad, where he worked for one year. His assignments at Hyderabad included the Headquarters, Establishment/Administration, Post-return Audit of the taxpayers, Processing and Assessment of the sales tax returns; Adjudication of the sales tax contravention cases; computer and MIS related matters. Thereafter, he was transferred and placed at the Collectorate of Customs (Appraisement), Custom House Karachi, where he worked as an Assistant Collector of Customs. His assignments in the Appraisement Collectorate related to the Appraisement and Examination of the goods imported through sea (both containerized and bulk cargo), Administration, Recovery of outstanding Government dues, Supervision of the Customs Bonded Warehouses -public, private and diplomatic- and post clearance audit of the imported consignments. Due to his outstanding performance in the field of revenue collection and detection of the cases of evasion of duties and taxes leading to the recovery/realization, he received monetary rewards in excess of two hundred fifty thousand rupees in various cases. During his tenure at the Appraisement Collectorate, Mr. Yousfani attended and successfully completed full semester credit courses on Management Principles and Financial Accounting at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi for broadening and improving his professional outlook. He was then assigned the job of Assistant Collector of Customs in the Collectorate of Customs (Exports), Custom House Karachi with effect from January 1999. His responsibilities in this Collectorate included the Headquarters, Administration/Establishment, Profiling and categorization of the exporters, Adjudication of the contravention cases and sanctioning of the duty drawback cases in respect of the exported cargo. In the year 1999, he participated and successfully completed an intensive training course at the Institute of Business Administration Karachi specially designed and tailored to meet the professional needs of the officers of the Customs and Excise group of the Federal Government of Pakistan. This course focused on the use of computer for improvement of the personal and organizational productivity, Management Information Systems and Change Management.

Mr. Yousfani had served as Deputy Collector of Customs in the Preventive Collectorate Karachi. He was charged with a variety of responsibilities ranging from Appraisement to the Enforcement work including the interdiction of Narcotics and Psychotropic substances at General Post Office, International Mail Office, State Express, Passenger Traffic, Unaccompanied Baggage Sections and Commercial Imports at the Air Freight Unit of Quaid-e-Azam International Airport Karachi.

He attended an evening MBA programme at the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) Karachi – a chartered and recognized degree awarding institution (www.szabist.edu.pk). He earned MBA degree and received a Gold Medal from SZABIST for being the Best Graduate in the year 2003. While studying at SZABIST and working for the Federal Government of Pakistan, Mr. Yousfani received Joint Japan Worldbank Group Scholarship for pursuing Master's Degree in Economic Policy Management at Columbia University, New York, USA. He completed his studies at USA and was awarded Master of International Affair Degree with Major in Economic Policy Management in the year 2002.

Mr. Yousfani enjoys varied experience in teaching, research, administration, adjudication, assessment/appraisement of direct and indirect taxes, post clearance audit, recovery of arrears of Government revenue, value added tax administration, income tax, wealth tax, computer hardware and software and its application in taxation systems. He has attended professional meetings and represented Pakistan at Revenue Canada, Ottawa in November 1998. The study tour with Revenue Canada aimed at evaluating the Canadian experience and administration of the WTO Valuation Agreement and its application and implementation in Pakistan. Since then, he was committed to the task and had conducted 50 plus workshops and seminars at different places in the country for training the customs officers, custom house agents and trade and industry personnel. His lectures included the Concept of Transaction Value, Agreement on the implementation of Article VII of GATT, comparison of the Brussel’s Definition of Value and the WTO Valuation Agreement.

Mr. Yousfani has received intensive professional training at the National Academy of Higher Education, University Grants Commission, Islamabad and other academies and national institutions for the officers of the Civil Superior Services of Pakistan. He enjoys cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural experiences. He has also received training on various aspects of computer hardware, software and Networking, Management Information Systems and its application for information transfer.

Mr. Yousfani can handle any assignment ranging from teaching, research (theoretical and field studies), administration, human resource development, direct and indirect tax administration, assessment and adjudication, financial evaluation/ study and fiscal policy matters in view of his outstanding and strong commitment, administrative abilities and leadership qualities in addition to his skills and experience in varied fields. He is devoted and dedicated personality.