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Dr. Sadaqat Ali, (born 4th August, 1952) is a Pakistani addiction psychiatric, motivational speaker, author, and a TV celebrity. Dr Sadaqat got fame in the field of addiction counseling.

History
Early Life Sadaqat Ali was born in Lahore, the son of Mian Muhammad Ali and Asghari Begum. He grew up with his elder and two younger brothers in the locality of Misri Shah near Railway station Lahore where his father was an agriculturist. He attended Government Primary School and then completed his high School from Community School by a charitable organization in Lahore. He did his pre medical from | Government College Lahore and then attending medical school from |Dow Medical College, Karachi. Career After graduating from Dow Medical College, he got his first house job. It was that time he started to develop in interest in treatment of drug addicts. Dr Sadaqat Ali visited the United States under the auspices of “International Visitor Program” of the | United States Information Agency (USIA). During that program the | Hazelden organization offered him professional training program which he accepted and received his formal training form Hazelden, Minnesota. After this he got his counseling training in primary and chronic illness from | Joslin diabetes center in Boston. Dr Sadaqat also received corporate counseling training from Utah. Projects Dr Sadaqat Ali is heading so many projects in the field of Addiction treatment, Diabetes and corporate counseling. Willingways Pvt (Ltd) in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad are the addiction treatment centers in Pakistan. Diabetes Institute of Pakistan in Lahore is diabetes facility;

Achievement
In 1999 Dr Sadaqat Ali’s name was inducted in WHO is WHO international directory of professionals. He is author of many books & pamphlets on the subjects of Addiction,Diabetes & Management.

Media Appearances
He frequently appears on national television as well as other prominent media channels for exclusive interviews & panel discussions.