By Ashrafuddin Pirzada
PESHAWAR: The renowned Christian social worker and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf minority member of the provincial assembly Wilson Wazir Masih are not only famous in his community but he has thousands of Muslim fans in the tribal districts and in other parts of Pakistan.
Wilson wazir,45, was born in Landikotal at the home of poor Wazir Masih. His father was a government servant. Wilson got his ten-grade education at St, John’s high school Peshawar city and his F.sc and B.sc from Edwardes college Peshawar.
Wilson continued his education and did M.sc Chemistry from Gomal university DI-Khan along with B.Ed and M.Ed from Peshawar university.
He struggles for community and became Malik(an elder who leads a community) of the Christian community in Landikotal.
Wilson Wazir continued his efforts even in the past two decades in which militancy was at its peak and got Pakistan’s highest civil award “Sitara-e- Imtiaz” from the President of Pakistan on 23rd March 2015.
Here his journey has not stopped and became a member of the provincial assembly from newly merged tribal districts in July 2019.
Wilson is working for children’s and women’s Rights and to empower women. He established sewing centers for women in the district of Khyber where nearly 350 women were trained. He also run a female computer learning institute for women, which is the first-ever computer center in erstwhile Fata which was a challenging job for Wilson that had posed him with threats at the time.
Wilson’s popularity is not rising up as a social worker but as a parliamentarian too. His social work is to help the poor and empower women beyond religious and cultural boundaries. He has thousands of Muslim fans that helped him to stand on the influential persons’ list and earned fame among Muslims.
Wilson, during the past few months when the lockdown was imposed due to coronavirus, served poor and deserving people. He distributed food items among 5000 minority families and handed over edibles to laborers, the poor, orphans, and other deserving Muslims in the Landikotal bazaar. He also distributed freshly cooked foods at the time of Iftar in Landikotal bazaar.
On the behalf of Religious affairs and interfaith harmony minister Dr. Muhammad Nooorul Haq Qadri, Wilson Wazir distributed sugar, pulses, ghee, and other food items in Landikotal.
Wilson visited different quarantine centers in merged districts along with the Director of Health Services in newly merged tribal districts & district health officer and met with Covid-19 control room officials. As MPA he worked in all merged districts and Peshawar and helped the poor.
Wilson distributed 2000 surgical,200 N-95 masks, corona dresses, 30 sanitizers, and 1000 gloves in Landikotal and Jamrud in the past few weeks.
MPA also paid visits to Mission hospital Peshawar, Mission hospital Bannu and Mission hospital tank where he talked to health staff about the missing health facilities and assured them to provide them the required health care to the hospital.
Wilson is not only a beloved personality among Christians, Hindus, and Sikh communities but Muslims in merged districts and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also respect him and praised his dedication and efforts during the coronavirus pandemic.
A few days before, MPA Wilson Wazir purchased Ramzan Packages from his own pocket money and distributed them among 50 Muslim families including widows, orphans, disabled, jobless, needy, and poor. He said the aim is to serve Muslim people to promote Interfaith Harmony.
“The same activities will be continued throughout Ramzan to assist how much I can to bring ease at the time of Iftar and Sehri”, Wilson pledged. He helped more than 100 females and gave cheques of Rs,10000 to each family.
In recognition of his services and social work as a party worker, Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf(PTI)leaders appointed Wilson Wazir Deputy Secretary General of the minority Wing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He thanked his colleagues, seniors, and friends who has proposed his name for the slot and selected.
Wilson was keen on education to become a teacher and did his master’s and other degrees as an educationist. He taught as a lecturer at Army Public School and college Landikotal. He also continued his services for his community as a social worker.
Wazir the first Christian to receive a big Pakistan civil award in history.
Due to his achievements and dedication as a social worker, Wilson later focused on his social work and won a good name.
Two years ago Imran Khan was nominated member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly and here his political life started.
Wilson Wazir says the skies are the limits for him to reach he has dedicated his life to social work not only for his own community people and for Muslim Pakistani citizens.
