Syed Waseem Akhtar

Syed Waseem Akhtar (9 September 1956 – 3 June 2019) was a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, between 1990 and May 2018.

Early life and education He was born on 9 September 1956 in Lahore.

He has a degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery which he obtained in 1980 from Quaid-e-Azam Medical College. is a renowned ophthalmologist in Bahawalpur. He obtained his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree and is a Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (FCPS). Dr. Rehman worked at Cork University Hospital from 2017 to 2018 and at University Hospital Limerick from 2018 to 2019.

Political career He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) from Constituency PP-222 (Bahawalpur-V) in the 1988 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 11,752 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of IJI from Constituency PP-271 (Bahawalpur-V) in the 1990 Pakistani general election. He received 32,382 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance.

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan from Constituency PP-271 (Bahawalpur-V) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.

Death He died on 3 June 2019 at age of 62 following a brief illness. His funeral was offered in Bahawalpur.