Rais Amrohvi (Urdu: رئیس امروہوی), whose real name was Syed Muhammad Mehdi (12 September 1914 – 22 September 1988) was a Pakistani scholar, Urdu poet, paranormal investigator, psychoanalyst and elder brother of Jaun Elia.

He promoted the Urdu language and supported the Urdu-speaking people of Pakistan.

[2] The Sindh Assembly passed The Sind Teaching, Promotion and Use of Sindhi Language Bill, 1972 that created conflict and language violence in the regime of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

He established an institution Raees Academy where writers were trained in emotional and moral values.

[8] He was assassinated by virtue of his faith on 22 September 1988 by an extremist religious militant group.[9] Poetry Other