Hakim Syed Ali Ahmad Nayyar Wasty

He traveled extensively throughout Europe and the Middle East, lectured at foreign universities, mastered several languages, and wrote numerous books on his specialized field of medicine.

Professor Wasty was also a member of the Pakistani parliament (Majlis-e-Shura), also called National Assembly of Pakistan.

At the book launching event in Islamabad in 2011, many speakers paid tributes to him and noted that he was a God-fearing man but followed no sect, and always identified himself as only a Muslim.

[1] Among the speakers was Assef Ahmad Ali, former Education minister and member of National Assembly of Pakistan.

[1] Assef Ahmad Ali is further quoted as saying by a major newspaper of Pakistan, "These are the kind of people who represented what was best about Muslim India".