Amber Shamsi

Pakistan Editor

Amber Rahim Shamsi is an award-winning multimedia journalist, political commentator, and free speech advocate with extensive experience in media development. She previously served as Director of the Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ) at IBA, where she spearheaded the launch of iVerify Pakistan, a UNDP-supported fact-checking platform. A former BBC World Service bilingual reporter, she has hosted three major current affairs shows on Pakistani news channels. She is also an IVLP and ICFJ Digital Fellow, a media trainer, and an advocate for press freedom and gender representation in journalism.

Fields of Expertise

Politics, Human Rights, Media, Techno-politics

Education

Kinnaird College

Past Organizations

The News on Sunday, Herald magazine, Dawn News, BBC, Samaa, Hum News, CEJ-IBA, Tabadlab

Amber Shamsi

Fields of Expertise

Education

Past Organizations

PTI’s leadership crisis: What’s next after losing reserved seats?

Amber Shamsi speaks to Fawad Chaudhry and Salman Raja about the future of Pakistan’s opposition party

How Pakistan’s new tax rules hurt small online sellers

From 18% GST to income tax registration for micro-sellers, the 2025–26 budget is being called a death sentence for home-based entrepreneurs

India's foreign policy: Where does it stand on Israel, Palestine and Iran?

Once a key ally that shielded India from global censure in 1994, Iran’s ties with New Delhi have since shifted

Pakistan’s former UN envoy on global standing after Indo-Pak tensions

Maleeha Lodhi unpacks aftermath of the recent India-Pakistan conflict

Inside the 72 hours that pushed India and Pakistan to the edge of war

Amid rising fears of a full-scale conflict, the U.S. stepped in to broker a ceasefire — pressing both sides to halt operations before the standoff spiraled further

Is Trump making America… Pakistan?

In Trump’s America… things are starting to feel a lot like home