Raoof Hasan
{{Short description|Pakistani writer and political analyst}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix =
| name = Raoof Hasan
| native_name = {{nobold|رؤف حسن}}
| image = 200px
| office = Information Secretary and Spokesperson of PTI
| term_start = 27 May 2023
| term_end = 26 September 2024
| predecessor = Ali Muhammad Khan
| successor = Sheikh Waqas Akram
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Islamabad, Pakistan
| party = PTI (2023-present)
| nationality = Pakistani
| relations = Fawad Hasan Fawad (brother){{cite web |date=28 May 2023 |title=Imran appoints Raoof Hassan as PTI's Central Information Secretary |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/28-May-2023/imran-appoints-raoof-hassan-as-pti-s-central-information-secretary |access-date=17 August 2024 |website=The Nation}}
}}
Raoof Hasan ({{Langx|ur|{{nobold|رؤف حسن}}}}) is a Pakistani writer and political analyst who previously served as the information secretary and spokesperson of PTI and also served as special assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Biography
He served as the information secretary and spokesperson of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from 27 May 2023 to 26 September 2024.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-09-26 |title=PTI removes Raoof Hassan from post of information secretary |url=https://english.aaj.tv/news/330381295/pti-removes-raoof-hassan-from-post-of-information-secretary |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=Aaj English TV |language=en}}
Views
While serving as Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Hasan commented on the 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban's takeover. He tweeted that Afghanistan experienced a nearly seamless transition of power from the corrupt Ghani government to the Taliban, and that the U.S.-backed structure in Afghanistan had collapsed "like the proverbial house of cards."{{sfn|Sehri|2022}}
Arrest
In July 2024, he was arrested for spreading anti-state propaganda.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/police-arrests-jailed-former-pak-pm-imran-khans-partys-information-secretary-during-raid/article68432541.ece/|title=Police arrests jailed former Pakistan PM Imran Khan's party's information secretary during raid|work=The Hindu|date=22 July 2024|access-date=24 July 2024}}
Writings
Hasan has written essays in certain publications:
- Michael Kugelman and Raoof Hasan, [https://warontherocks.com/2017/11/year-track-ii-discussions-says-future-u-s-pakistan-relations/ What a year of track II discussions says about the future of US-Pakistan relations], War on the Rocks, 30 November 2017.{{sfn|Mohan|Singh|2024}}
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book|editor-last1=Mohan|editor-first1=C. Raja|editor-last2=Singh|editor-first2=Hernaikh|editor-link1=Raja Mohan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HRgUEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA96|title=Biden And Beyond: The United States Rethinks South Asia|date=7 June 2024|publisher=World Scientific Publishing Company|pages=96|isbn=978-981-12-7644-6|access-date=17 August 2024|archive-date=18 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818171028/https://books.google.com/books?id=HRgUEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA96#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}
- {{cite book|last1=Sehri|first1=Inam R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jJRyEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT192|title=The History of a Disgraceful Surrender (2021)|date=9 June 2022|publisher=Grosvenor House Publishing|isbn=978-1-80381-129-1|access-date=17 August 2024}}
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