[1] He studied at St Mary's Academy (Rawalpindi), Roots School System during his General Certificate of Education.

Nawazish rose to popularity in 2009 for securing 22 A grades, 1B and 1C A Levels, a world record at that time.

The subjects he took included physics, chemistry, biology, math, further mathematics, sociology, Urdu literature, travel and tourism, general further mathematics, computer studies, ICT, psychology, critical thinking, marine sciences, English language, thinking skills, geography, pure mathematics, general paper, business studies, applied geography, general studies and human biology.

[7][8][9] Ali was congratulated personally by the Pakistani prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gillani,[11] and the chief-minister of Punjab, the province he belongs to.

Nawazish soon joined Pakistan's biggest media group; Jang Group of Newspapers and Geo TV, where he serves as a youth ambassador and columnist, using his position to highlight the issues of young people to the mainstream media where they are often neglected.