Raoof Hasan | |
Office: | Information Secretary and Spokesperson of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
Term Start: | 27 May 2023 |
Term End: | 26 September 2024 |
Predecessor: | Ali Muhammad Khan |
Successor: | Sheikh Waqas Akram |
Party: | PTI (2023-present) |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Relations: | Fawad Hasan Fawad (brother)[1] |
Raoof Hasan is a Pakistani writer and political analyst who previously served as the information secretary and spokesperson of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and also served as special assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan.
He served as the information secretary and spokesperson of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from 27 May 2023 to 26 September 2024.[2]
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."
In July 2024, he was arrested for spreading anti-state propaganda.[3]
Hasan has written essays in certain publications: