Raza Rumi

Raza Ahmad
Alma mater London School of Economics
Website
razarumi.com

Raza Ahmad Rumi is a Pakistani columnist,[1] policy analyst and journalist.[2][3] Raza is consulting editor of The Friday Times, senior fellow at Jinnah Institute[4] and most recently affiliated with the United States Institute of Peace.[5] Raza is also an anchor and host Express News show "Khabar Se Agay".[6][7]

Education

Raza holds a Bachelor degree in Economics and Master degree in Social Planning, both from the London School of Economics.[8]

Career

Raza started his career in the Government of Pakistan as an officer of the administrative services. He was Assistant Commissioner, sub divisional magistrate of Murree.

In 2000, he was selected by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo as a Civil Affairs Officer and for other municipal administration assignments.

In 2002, he joined the Asian Development Bank as a Governance Specialist.

In 2008, Raza returned to Pakistan on a sabbatical and joined the The Friday Times as a features editor. Shortly, he was also given the charge of news desk and he was the news and features editor of the publication for a few years. He is still on the editorial board of The Friday Times and works as the consulting/commissioning editor.

Since 2010, Raza has been a regular commentator on Pakistani television. In 2013 he started hosting a current affairs talk show on Capital TV entitled Seedhi Baat. In January 2014 he joined Express News where he was hosting a current affairs show "Khabar Sey Agay".

In 2012, Rumi became director of the Jinnah Institute, a policy think thank.[9]

Assassination attempt

On 28 March 2014, Raza was attacked by a group of assailants reportedly members of the Taliban-affiliate Lashkar-e-Jhangvi for his anti-LeJ views. Raza was survived in the attack, but his driver Mustafa was killed.[10][11][12] On this incident, the former director of Human Rights Watch wrote: "Miraculously, he emerged unscathed from the hail of gunfire intended for him. Raza is now in a secure location—outside Pakistan. He had no choice but to leave as the authorities felt no embarrassment in letting him know that they could not guarantee his life if he stepped outside his Lahore home. Some weeks later, the police “caught” the would-be-assassins who belong to the dreaded Taliban-affiliate Lahkar-e-Jhangvi. But police custody curtails neither the power of these terrorists nor the impunity with which they kill.."[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Raza Rumi profile". Jinnah Institute. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Stories by Raza Rumi".
  3. ↑ "Pakistan mourns 148 killed in Taliban school massacre". Daily Mail. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Raza Rumi profile". Jinnah Institute. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Disco Mullah Blasphemy Row Highlights Pakistan’s Hypocrisy". The Daily Beast. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "CPJ condemns attack on Pakistani journalist Raza Rumi". Committee to Protect Journalists. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "One dead as TV anchor Raza Rumi is attacked in Lahore". Pakistan Today. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Raza Rumi profile". Jinnah Institute. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Pakistan Taliban splits over 'un-Islamic' practices". CNN. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Express News anchor Raza Rumi targeted in gun attack". Express Tribunes. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Columnist, anchor Raza Rumi attacked, driver loses life". Dawn. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "Conflict Coverage Proves Deadly Job for Journalists". NYT. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "Ali Dayan Hasan: The Wrong Kind of Pakistani".

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