The author is a former Chief Secretary of the NWFP.
His writings for Criterion Quarterly are:
- Causes of the Rebellion in Waziristan
- Need For a Pak – Afghan Treaty on Management of Joint Water Courses
- Militancy in the Pakistan Belt; Perspective of a Peace Jirga
- Apocalypse on the Indus
- Drivers of Radicalism and Extremism in Pakistan
- Appraisal of Local Governance at the Federal, Provincial and District Level in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
- Significance of Stability In Afghanistan For Pakistan