Omar Hamid (Pakistani Police Officer) Biography

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School	Karachi Grammar School
College/University	University of Kent
Postgraduate	Masters in Criminal Justice Policy (London School of Economics), Masters in Law (University College London)

Children

Son - 1

Parents

Father	Shahid Hamid (Senior Pakistani Civil Servant)
Mother	Shahnaz Hamid

Police Force	Joined as ASP in 2003 after CSS exams Served in the dangerous Lyari neighborhood during gang warfare Worked in the Sindh Police’s Counterterrorism department Worked in Pakistan's Intelligence Bureau Served as a Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in counterterrorism division Served with the Karachi Police for nearly two decades Wounded in the line of duty; office bombed by the Taliban in 2010 Returned to active duty as a Counter Terrorism Officer in 2016
Writing	Wrote crime thriller book titled 'The Prisoner' (2013), which became a bestseller Other books include 'The Spinner’s Tale' (2015), 'The Party Worker' (2017), 'The Fix' (2019), and 'Betrayal' (2021) The Party Worker’s Netflix adaptation signed in March 2019 Released latest novel 'The Election' (2024), a satirical thriller on political landscapes of the United States and Pakistan 'The Spinner’s Tale' won the Italy Reads Pakistan Prize and the Karachi Literature Festival Fiction Prize (2016) 'The Party Worker' won the Karachi Literature Festival Fiction Prize (2018); Netflix adaptation signed in March 2019

Police Force

Writing

Wrote crime thriller book titled 'The Prisoner' (2013), which became a bestseller
Other books include 'The Spinner’s Tale' (2015), 'The Party Worker' (2017), 'The Fix' (2019), and 'Betrayal' (2021)
The Party Worker’s Netflix adaptation signed in March 2019
Released latest novel 'The Election' (2024), a satirical thriller on political landscapes of the United States and Pakistan
'The Spinner’s Tale' won the Italy Reads Pakistan Prize and the Karachi Literature Festival Fiction Prize (2016)
'The Party Worker' won the Karachi Literature Festival Fiction Prize (2018); Netflix adaptation signed in March 2019

1. On July 5, 1997, his father was assassinated in Karachi
2. Was put on a Taliban hit list in 2011 while heading Karachi’s counterterrorism cell
3. Left the police force for five years to write three novels in London
4. Investigated the international murder of a journalist in Kenya
5. Police partner Chaudhry Aslam, inspiration for a protagonist in 'The Prisoner', was killed in a Taliban suicide blast