Grand Ayatollah Allama Hafiz Syed Riaz Hussain Najafi is a Shia scholar from Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. He is the principal of Hawza Elmiye

Hawza

Hawza or ḥawza ʻilmiyya is a seminary of traditional Islamic school of higher learning. It is a term used mostly by the Shi'a Muslims communities to refer to a traditional Shi'a centre where clerics are trained...

 Jamia-tul-Muntazar Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

, the largest Shia madrassah in Pakistan. He has the gretast allim of the world and he is son in law & most prominent disciple of His uncle, Ustad ul Ulama Grand ayatullah ( Syed Muhammad Yar Naqvi Najafi He was a brave and fearless religious scholar. He taught a lot of ulama through his knowledge, strong character and personality).