Yousuf Hussain Abadi () is known as a historian,
Balti writer, translator of the Quran, linguist, scholar, social worker and pioneer in field of research in
Skardu
Skardu (, Tibetan script: སྐར་མདོ, ) is a city located in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kas ...
,
Baltistan
Baltistan (); also known as Baltiyul or Little Tibet, is a mountainous region in the Pakistani-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan and constitutes a northern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a dispute bet ...
region of
Gilgit Baltistan
Gilgit (; Shina: ; ) is a city in Pakistani-administered Gilgit–Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the ...
,
Pakistan
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. Yousuf Hussain Abadi translated
Quran
The Quran, also Romanization, romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a Waḥy, revelation directly from God in Islam, God (''Allah, Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which ...
in
Balti language
Balti (Perso-Arabic script: , Tibetan script: སྦལ་ཏི།, ) is a Tibetic language natively spoken by the ethnic Balti people in the Baltistan region of Gilgit-Baltistan, Nubra Valley of the Leh district and in the Kargil distric ...
for the first time. He also runs a museum of
Balti traditional items and a chain of school network in his area.
Yousuf Hussain Abadi collected many oral war stories of
1947-1948 war which was fought in Baltistan by its natives against
Dogra'a regime. He established the first private sector
English
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medium school in
Baltistan
Baltistan (); also known as Baltiyul or Little Tibet, is a mountainous region in the Pakistani-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan and constitutes a northern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a dispute bet ...
in 1992-93, Jinnah Public School, named after the great founder of
Pakistan
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,
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
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, which is currently one of the best institutions of education in
Baltistan
Baltistan (); also known as Baltiyul or Little Tibet, is a mountainous region in the Pakistani-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan and constitutes a northern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a dispute bet ...
.
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Balti people
Pakistani writers
People from Skardu District
Pakistani Muslims
Quran translators