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Raza (Ahmad) Rumi is a public policy expert, author and an editor. He is Director Park Center for Independent Media, Ithaca College and Visiting Faculty at Cornell Institute for Public Affairs. Raza is also the editor, Daily Times (Pakistan) and Naya Daur (a digital media portal). Raza has been a fellow at United States Institute for Peace, New America Foundation and National Endowment for Democracy. Prior to his career in journalism, Raza worked for nearly a decade at the Asian Development Bank as a Governance and Capacity Development Specialist. He started his career as an officer in the Pakistan Administrative Service and served in different districts of Pakistan. Over the years he has advised governments, non-profits and donors across Asia Pacific region.
His books include Delhi by Heart: Impressions of a Pakistani Traveller, The Fractious Path: Pakistan’s Democratic Transition and Identity and Faith and Conflict. His most recent collection of essays Being Pakistani was published