Mansoor Raza

Mansoor Raza

Mansoor Raza is an electrical engineer, environmentalist, and urban planner. Currently, he is serving as a lecturer in the Development Studies Program, Department of Architecture and Planning, at NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi. At the start of his engineering career, Raza became involved in social sciences research and is closely associated with civil society and the NGO sector. He has served as a research supervisor on the Green Line (BRT), Lyari Expressway, and other transport and communication-related issues in collaboration with the Urban Resource Centre and the International Institute for Environment and Development (UK). He has co-authored a number of books on transport, migration, land issues, and the street economy. Mansoor Raza is also an Urdu short story writer, and his stories reflect the social and economic issues he deals with in his professional life.