Abdul Wahid Arisar (11 October 1949 – 3 May 2015) was a notable scholar, writer, researcher and Sindhi politician who was one of the heads of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), a political party in Sindh. It was reported that there were significant "differences" between Arisar and the head of another faction in the JSQM, Bashir Qureshi. Arisar had previously been chairman of the party in the 1990s.Arisar was student in Madrasa near his village one day his teacher given him a book of G. M. Syed "Maujooda Siyasi soorat e Haal" Aresar was impressed by GM Syed's writing and started paying attention towards politics and mysticism (Sufism) rather than going to madrasa. Arisar's image in Sindhi youth is of intellectual and one of the respected personalities ever lived in Sindh. Arisar translated the novel of Frantz Fanon, "The Wretched of the Earth"in Sindhi, "Mitti hara marho" which became one of his popular works.

Death

Arisar was suffering from kidney disorder, he had been under treatment in a private hospital at Hyderabad, when his ailment became so severe that he was brought to Karachi and died in Karachi, Pakistan at the aged of 65 on 3th May 2015.