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.
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