Zia Ur Rehman

Zia Ur Rehman ( Urdu, Pashto,: ضیاءالرحمن, born 1981) is a Pakistani journalist, researcher and author, specialising on security issues, human rights, minorities, and politics.[1] [2]

For the Afghan cricketer, see Zia-ur-Rehman (cricketer).
Zia Ur Rehman
Zia Ur Rehman at Agahi Awards 2013
Born
Karach, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
OccupationJournalist and Author

Personal life

Rehman was born and raised in Karachi, the capital of Sindh province.[3] He received his master's degree from University of Karachi in 2005. In 2018, he completed the prestigious British Chevening Scholarship South Asian Journalism fellowship.[4] He speaks Urdu, English, Pashto and Balochi languages.

Work

Rehman has currently been working as a senior reporter with the prominent English daily The News International [5] in Karachi and regularly writes to the New York Times. He has also been published in The National.[6] TRT World[7] The Friday Times,[8] Dawn and Herald among other publications. Rehman mainly covers security, political and human rights issues, migration and labour rights, and monitors and specialises in Islamist and ethnic movements in the region. He has been widely quoted in international and national publications, such as Washington Post,[9] Rueters,[10] AFP,[11] and Radio Free Europe Free Liberty.[12]

Rehman has also offered training of conflict reporting to journalists [13] and also trained a number of Karachi youth from underprivileged and underreported areas of Karachi to teach them reporting and news-writing as well as photo and video journalism.[14]

Publications

Rehman authored a book titled Karachi in Turmoil, in February 2013.,[15] containing a detailed coverage of the ethnic violence in Karachi. Taliban phenomenon is also discussed in detail.[16] He also contributed a chapter on Pashtuns in Karachi in the book 'Cityscapes of Violence in Karachi: Publics and Counterpublics’[17] published in 2017 by the C. Hurst & Co. In his chapter, Rehman highlights multiple pressures experienced by the politics of the Pashtun community in Karachi. According to a book review published in Herald (Pakistan) magazine, one of the interesting features in his very cogent analysis is how the jihadi groups in Karachi appropriated criminal methods of extortion in order to raise funds and in doing so ended up harassing their own core ethnic group — Pakhtuns, specifically wealthy transporters and businessmen in the community.[18]

Rehman has also written research reports and articles for several national and international publications and journals, including the Terrorism Monitor of the Jamestown Foundation,[19] CTC Sentinel, a publication of the Combating Terrorism Center [20] and Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Center (NOREF).

Awards

Rehman won four Agahi Journalism Awards in 2013 for his reports on minorities and security issues.[21]

References
  1. Zia Ur Rehman, Author, The News International, https://www.thenews.com.pk/writer/zia-ur-rehman Retrieved June 24, 2018
  2. "Author Zia Ur Rehman, Dawn". Dawn Newspaper.
  3. Zia Ur Rehman, Jamestown Foundation https://jamestown.org/analyst/zia-ur-rehman/
  4. SAJP Fellows 2018 from the University of Westminster, London. http://www.chevening.org/fellows/sajp-fellows Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  5. Zia Ur Rehman, The News, https://www.thenews.com.pk/writer/zia-ur-rehman
  6. Zia Ur Rehman, The National, https://www.thenational.ae/topics/Author/Zia%20Ur%20Rehman
  7. Zia Ur Rehman, TRT World, https://www.trtworld.com/author/[email protected]
  8. Zia Ur Rehman, The Friday Times, http://www.thefridaytimes.com/tft/author/zia-ur-rehman/
  9. Craig, Tim. 'Karachi residents live in fear as Pakistani Taliban gains strength' Washington Post, Feb 14, 2014 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/karachi-in-fear-as-pakistan-taliban-gains/2014/02/03/010aafea-8991-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_story.html
  10. Ebrahim, Zofeen T. Teenage couple electrocuted in Pakistan in 'honor killing': police. Reuters Sep 11, 2017 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-rights-killings/teenage-couple-electrocuted-in-pakistan-in-honor-killing-police-idUSKCN1BM2BD
  11. Taliban 'no-go' zones liberated in Karachi https://tribune.com.pk/story/956429/pakistan-liberates-taliban-no-go-zones-in-karachi/
  12. Babar, Majeed, Why Are Pakistan's Militant Groups Splintering? October 1, 2011 https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan_militant_groups_splintering/24345902.html
  13. Progressive reporting and analysis can change skewed perceptions of a conflict February 5, 2015 http://san-pips.com/printview.php?action=events&id=124
  14. Citizen journalism training helps youth tell a different story, The News International October 30, 2017 https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/240539-Citizen-journalism-training-helps-youth-tell-a-different-story
  15. "Saleem, Javeria, Prevailing bloodshed in Karachi, The Nation,". Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  16. "Seminar on Tackling violent conflict and extremism in Karachi". PIPS Islamabad. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  17. https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/cityscapes-violence-karachi/
  18. Siddiqi, Farhan Hanif, Analysing violence in Karachi, Herald, October 13, 2017, https://herald.dawn.com/news/1153853
  19. Zia Ur Rehman, Jamestown Foundation https://jamestown.org/analyst/zia-ur-rehman/
  20. Archives. Zia Ur Rehman, CTC Sentinel https://ctc.usma.edu/authors/zia-ur-rehman/
  21. "Four Awards were given to Zia Ur Rehman At Agahi Awards". Agahi Awards. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
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