Muhammad Amir Rana – محمد عامر رانا
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Muhammad Amir Rana is a security and political analyst and the director of Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), an independent Islamabad-based think tank. He has worked extensively on issues related to counter-terrorism, counter-extremism, and internal and regional security and politics. He was a founder member of PIPS when it was launched in January 2006 and had previously worked as a journalist with various Urdu and English daily newspapers from 1996 until 2004. His first fiction work, a collection of short stories, Adhoori mohabateen aur puri kahaniyaan (Incomplete Love and Complete Stories) was published in 2002. Saaye (Shadows), published in Dec 2016, is Rana’s first novel. The publication of Saaye confirms that Rana has kept his inner creativity alive and didn’t let his numerous engagements get the better of him. He has also been affiliated with the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Singapore as a visiting fellow. He has also given lectures at several universities and security institutes in Pakistan and abroad. Amir has published widely in national and international journals, professional publications and magazines. He writes regularly for Dawn, Pakistan’s leading English newspaper. He has also been invited to appear as an expert on the electronic media, including CNN, BBC World, Al Jazeera English, France 24, CCTV9, Voice of America, Al-Arabia and other Pakistani and international news channels. Amir is also the editor of Pakistan Annual Security Report, English research journal ‘Conflict and Peace Studies’ and Urdu monthly magazine “Tajziat”. He also heads Narratives, a publishing house.
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