When his father died in April 2013 and rumours escalated that he had been assassinated by rival Akhtar Mansour, Yaqoob denied that his father had been killed, insisting that he had died of natural causes.
Als sein Vater im April 2013 starb und Gerüchte aufkamen, dass er von dem Konkurrenten Akhtar Mansur ermordet worden war, bestritt Yaqoob, dass sein Vater getötet worden sei und bestand darauf, dass er eines natürlichen Todes gestorben sei.