[1] He was close to some of Pakistan's best-known intellectuals of his era such as Qudratullah Shahab, Ashfaq Ahmed and Hanif Ramay.

[1] Wasif was born to Malik Muhammed Arif into a family of the Punjabi Awan clan on 15 January 1929 in Khushab, Punjab.

[1] As a student, he was a good player of hockey and started writing for the GC magazine Ravi, in both Urdu and English.

[1] In 1954, Wasif passed the Provincial Civil Service (PCS) examination but chose to become a teacher instead.

[1] This is a list of Wasif's books, both originals works as well compilations and translations:[2]