Education
Raza attended the prestigious Saint Anthony"s High School (Lahore) and later enrolled at the University of the Punjab, Lahore.
Raza attended the prestigious Saint Anthony"s High School (Lahore) and later enrolled at the University of the Punjab, Lahore.
He is the current High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Malaysia. Prior to his appointment to Malaysia, he was the ambassador of Pakistan to the State of Qatar. Raza then went on to study Law & Political Science at Columbia University, New New York
He joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1986, belonging to the 14th common.
After joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was appointed as the desk officer for the United Nations and subsequently as desk officer for Afghanistan. He also served as an assistant legal adviser for international law and treaties.
His foreign diplomatic assignments include working as a political officer in the Office of the United Nations Special Representative for Somalia, Admiral Jonathan Howe, from 1993 to 1994. lieutenant was during his stay when the Battle of Mogadishu took place on 3 and 4 October 1993.
He served at the Embassy of Pakistan in Kyrgyzstan from 1995-1998.
He returned to work in the Central Asia region from 2001 to 2003 as the deputy Head of Mission at the embassy of Pakistan in Kazakhstan. He then served as the deputy Consul General of Pakistan in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 2003 to 2005 and concurrently was the representative of Pakistan to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation). He then went on to join the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in 2005 as an advisor to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation secretary-general, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, on political and legal affairs
He worked in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation for three years, on various issues such as the reform and restructure of the organisation, including its new Charter.
He served as the Doctorate-8 (Developing-8) commissioner of Pakistan from 2009 until his appointment as Pakistan’s ambassador to Qatar. Ambassador Raza is married with two sons.