Kamran Shafi is an influential Pakistani journalist who writes a weekly column in Dawn, a 

prestigious English language newspaper in Pakistan. He served as late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's

Press Secretary from 1988-89, and as Minister of Information for the Pakistani Embassy in London

from 1994-96. He has also served as an officer in the Pakistan Army for eleven years before resigning

his commission in 1976. 

Most recently, he hosted a current affairs program on DawnNews TV in 2008-09. Mr. Shafi writes

extensively on Pakistan's security apparatus and is a leading advocate of democratic governance and

civilian control over all institutions of the state, especially the military and intelligence services.