I serve in Pakistan's federal government, currently as Deputy Director (Operations and Plans) at the National Intelligence Fusion and Threat Assessment Centre, after policy, research and analysis roles at the National Counter Terrorism Authority and the Prime Minister's Office. I conceived, designed and operationalised SIGMA, a district-level governance system that integrates AI into public decision-making and is in live operation. My research asks how political order is authored, captured and rebuilt: PhD in Political Science, Kiel University (2024, magna cum laude), on controlled chaos and state formation in Pakistan; The Anarchon State (two volumes, Palgrave Macmillan, in production). I founded Form & Flux in Islamabad to work on AI that holds public authority in fragile states.