| Rizwan Wasti رضوان واسطی | |
| Birth Name: | Syed Rizwan Wasti |
| Birth Date: | 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Lahore, Punjab, British India |
| Death Place: | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Years Active: | 1953 - 2011 |
| Education: | Sindh Muslim Law College |
| Spouse: | Tahira Wasti (wife) |
| Children: | 3, including Laila Wasti (daughter)[1] |
| Relatives: | Maria Wasti (niece) Fahad Rehmani |
Syed Rizwan Wasti (1937 - 24 January 2011) was a Radio Pakistan, Karachi's radio news broadcaster and a film and television actor.[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 the 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.[4] [2] He worked at Radio Pakistan for sixteen years.[2] Then he moved on to acting in the Pakistani television drama serials in the late 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and played over 200 various different roles in dramas such as Afshan, Shaheen and Khuda Ki Basti.[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."
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.[2] He was married to TV actress Tahira Wasti and had three children including two sons and actress Laila Wasti is his daughter.[2] Maria Wasti a famous television actress is his niece.[5]
Rizwan Wasti had prolonged illness from which he died on 24 January 2011 at age 73.[6] [7] He was laid to rest at the Gizri graveyard in DHA.[2]
Rizwan authored a critically book titled Sher Shah Suri about the Afghan general and he also wrote a book of poems called A chorus of echoes.[2]