Khaled Ahmed is a journalist and political analyst based in Pakistan. He currently serves as Director of the South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA) in Lahore, is consulting editor of The Friday Times, and contributing editor of The Daily Times. Ahmed has been in journalism for the past 30 years, working for The Pakistan Times, The Nation and The Frontier Post. His book publications include Pakistan: the State in Crisis (2001) and Pakistan: Behind the Ideological Mask (2000).