Now, as Deputy Inspector-General, he soon became one of Pakistan's most famous writers, posting four books in quick succession since 2013.
His attention drew major media attention to the search for new original South Asian materials, including Netflix, which have already achieved great success with similar material in a television series like Sacred Games, around the corrupt world of Mumbai.
Hamed said the secret to his success was his persistent statements about political corruption, assassins, renters and twisted police, as well as accurate pictures of the divided districts of Karachi.
"This evil, this relentless reality is what I think many readers enjoy."
Sometimes, the truth strikes dangerously close to home.
Hamid spent most of his writing while on Saturday after being advised to leave Karachi and take a break from the police in 2011 when he was threatened by Islamist groups.
Weeks after the release of his first novel, The Prisoner, his mentor and fellow police officer, Chaudhry Aslam, the inspiration for one of the book's heroes, was killed in a suicide attack by the Taliban.
In his third novel, "Party Factor," Hamid portrays the rise of a brutal murderer killed by an imaginary political party that rules the city with an iron fist.
For the beginnings of Karachi, the character reflects the life of the dreaded murderer Shulat Mirza, who played the terrible role of a powerful influential movement (MQM), which includes the list of victims Hamed's father, Shahid.
Hamid, who describes the character as "a drawing for a certain kind of youth ... is less than a painting by Solt Mirza," who have sacrificed their lives in the past 30 years or so. The ideologies thought they were doing the right thing. "
The aim is not to excuse such acts.
"Understanding someone's motives is a positive tool if you are a long-time counterterrorism investigator," says Hamid.
"As a crime reporter, I know what happened in the city, and I have had a hard time writing about these events."
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