Zia Ur Rehman

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

Rehman currently works as a senior reporter with the English daily The News International in Karachi and regularly writes to the New York Times.

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.

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

In February 2021, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, has chosen Rehman for 2021 Resilience Fellowship with aim to help uncover the impact of extortion in Pakistan.