Javed Rana is a celebrated freelance journalist with extensive experience working with national and international news outlets. He is the Editor of The Counter Narrative, an online investigative magazine based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Rana boasts over two decades of experience in print, online, and television journalism. He regularly appears as an analyst and correspondent on national and international news channels, providing expert commentary on political, economic, geostrategic, human rights, legal, terrorism, and climate change issues.

Javed has worked as a staff member and freelance correspondent, producer, analyst, and documentary maker for numerous leading Pakistani and international media organizations, including Al Jazeera TV, Channel News Asia (CNA), RT, TRT World, A News, TV Asahi (Japan), the Los Angeles Times, Khaleej Times, and briefly as a columnist for Arab News.

The Counter Narrative is an international investigative magazine, delivering in-depth reporting and analysis on critical issues shaping the world. From Islamophobia and geopolitics to insurgency and nuclear proliferation, this English-language publication delves into the heart of the matter, with a particular focus on South Asia and the Middle East.

Video Profile of Javed Rana

At the helm of this journalistic endeavor is Editor Javed Rana, a seasoned veteran with over 20 years of experience in print, digital, and broadcast journalism. An acclaimed investigative journalist, columnist, and scriptwriter, Javed's documentary "Return of Taliban" garnered a Bronze award at the prestigious 2022 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards.

Javed carries a unique distinction to have developed an apt understanding of television and online journalism with deep down skill orientation of technicalities involved in videography, editing and green-screen background.
Backed by the established infrastructure of Islamabad-based media company The Digital Dispatch, The Counter Narrative boasts state-of-the-art production capabilities, including live-streaming facilities and green-screen technology, ensuring its content reaches global news networks.
Backed by the established infrastructure of Islamabad-based media company The Digital Dispatch, The Counter Narrative boasts state-of-the-art production capabilities, including live-streaming facilities and green-screen technology, ensuring its content reaches global news networks.
The Counter Narrative, is an offshoot of The Digital Dispatch, a Pakistani media company of which he is the CEO. The Counter Narrative, reports and analyzes major political and geo-strategic and terrorism related happenings in South Asia and Middle East.
He heads a syndicated network of journalists to gather information, footage, host talk shows, produce news packages, short and long documentaries on issues spreading across the region. Javed is an expert in multimedia web development such as customized use of themes with WordPress and Google Blogger-spot.