Rauf Klasra ( ur, رؤف کلاسرا) is a Pakistani journalist and renowned legend of Layyah

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columnist. He files stories for both the news paper and television. Moreover he is also running a web paper and was earlier working with The News. Klasra is known for investigating political scams and scandals and has unfolded many financial and moral scams of political elite.

Background and early life

Rauf Klasra belongs to

Layyah District Layyah District ( skr, , urd, ), is a district in the Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the southern part of the province. Layyah City is the district headquarter of Layyah District. Layyah has hot desert climate. The main languages spoke ...

of Punjab, Pakistan. The word Klasra comes from his village of Jaysal Klasra. He is graduated from

Bahauddin Zakariya University Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) ( ur, ) is a public university with its main campus in Multan, Pakistan. Bahauddin Zakariya University was founded in 1975 as Multan University, and is the 2nd largest university in Punjab. It was renamed i ...

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and

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. He has done graduation in English Literature. Klasra has made headlines in the past for tweeting some unverified news

Career

Klasra is a leading columnist of Urdu language and has authored four books. He started his career as a reporter for ''Daily Dawn'' and was later moved to Islamabad office of ''Dawn''. He left Dawn to move to ''The News'' and started writing columns for Jang and Akhbar-e-Jahan as well. Later he moved to ''The Express Tribune'' as Editor Investigations. Klasra has worked in Dunya Television as Editor Investigations where he was heading the Investigations department. He frequently appears on all local television channels as a political analyst and is famous for talking a bold, unique and unpopular stance on complex issues. He has also worked as the co-anchor of a news show on

92 News 92 News (also known as 92 News HD Plus (Channel 92) is a conservative Urdu language TV channel based in Lahore, Pakistan. Mian Muhammad Hanif is the chairman of the channel. This TV channel is a subsidiary of Madinah Group. History The channe ...

called "Muqabil" where he frequently gave out political scams and financial scandals. He quit the show and resigned from

on 28 April 2019 and joined

Public News Public News is a Pakistani news channel launched on 24 June 2018 by a Pakistani media mogul Yousaf Baig Mirza. The channel is owned and operated by Sports Star International Private Limited (Sports Star). It is an Urdu language Pakistani televi ...

where he hosts the show "Muqabil Public Kay Sath". Klasra has won the APNS best reporter of the year award multiple times.`

Books

* ''Ek Syasat Kaee Kahanian'' * " Ek qatal jo ho na saka" * Urdu translation of Novel " Godfather "

Background and early life

Career

Books

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