Ambreen Shabbir

Ambreen Shabbir is a contributing writer at ITCT. Hailing from Pakistan, she likes to write on political economy, revolutionary warfare, defence and strategy, foreign policies, major power politics, and the role of non-state actors in the international community. Her past work includes working as a Copywriter with The News Tribe, an intern at the National Assembly of Pakistan and a freelance writer with Crowd H and Humans of Pakistan. Her work has also been published at the Fortress, Global Village Space, Paper Plane, and Taleyard. During her stint at the National Assembly of Pakistan, Ambreen:

• Authored a publication of National Assembly while working in the Research Wing.
• Worked with the Project Management Unit, assisted in coordinating the Interns’ program at the Lower House.
• Worked in the capacity of a Research Assistant with Secretary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, National Assembly.
• Worked with the Editor’s Cell, National Assembly; editing and proofreading the debates.
• Coordinated with the honourable MNAs in PMU Unit.

Ambreen Shabbir has also attended following conferences and seminars:

• International Conference on Global Strategic Environment in the Post 2014 Era and Pakistan,
  organized by SPIR, QAU and KAS Islamabad.
•  Seminar by Lt Gen (R) Dan Leaf on ‘The Geostrategic Dynamics of the Asia Pacific Region’.
• Seminar by Professor Sadollah Zarei on ‘Current Situation in Middle East’.
• Seminar by Dr. Sameena Yasmeen on ‘Muslims in the West: Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion. Australia as a Case Study’.
• Seminar by Laurent Gayer on ‘Down But not Out: MQM in Karachi Post-Electoral Landscape’.