Syed Ommer Amer is a writer and industry professional passionate about guiding emerging authors through the publishing journey. His work focuses on book creation, publishing insights, and writer empowerment.
Our team branches out and provides sponsorships to Olympiads and Literary Events across the country to encourage participation in competitions related to literature and draw out talented people.
Empowering females has always been a major focus at Daastan, and this collaboration gives our team the chance to expose the lady bloggers of Pakistan to multiple opportunities, by connecting them to Qissa through which they can market their skills.
Outcast Magazine, an internationally acclaimed LGBTQ+ rights magazine, conducts an additional season of our competition The Stories Untold, titled as '4x', to raise awareness about the abuse faced by the shunned community and give them a voice.
Daastan held its second event of the series "Literary Evenings" in Karachi, where the book of the youngest author published through us was launched, and an Open Mic session was held on "Abuse"
Bringing each dream to reality, with our ultimate focus on spreading the message of peace, the team of Daastan publishes their very first book about Islam on Qissa. Light Upon Light - Reflections, is a uniquely written and well researched piece by Ms. Iqra
Our team, spearheaded by one or more executive member, visited more than 40 universities across Pakistan to spread knowledge regarding self publishing, and evoke the love of literature.
