[2][3] Rizwan Wasti was born in 1937 at Lahore but his family later moved to Karachi where he received his Bachelor of Law degree from Sindh Muslim Law College in Karachi.
[2] He first worked for Radio Pakistan as an English news broadcaster in 1953 at age sixteen making made him the youngest newscaster of the sub-continent where he initially learned how to use and control his voice for news media broadcasts.
[2] A noted TV actor Talat Hussain commented after his death, "He was a distinguished name in the broadcasting world, a man who had his own distinct style.
"[5] He was also a banker by profession and he worked as a vice president at National Bank of Pakistan later he took retirement in 1996.
[6] Rizwan Wasti had prolonged illness from which he died on 24 January 2011 at age 73.