Shahid Shabbir (born September 1975) is a Pakistani historian, researcher and journalist. He is also radio host at Radio Sade Aala 87.8 FM in

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. He is known for his work on discovering and restoring

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religious places left in Pakistan after 1947 Partition of Punjab.

Biography

His ancestral city is Lahore but he moved to Islamabad after completing his education in floriculture. He works as a landscape-designer and was pursuing an MA in history from Open University. Since 2013, he is credited for raising awareness amongst Sikhs and Hindus of their heritage left-behind in present-day Pakistan, such as the ruins of old temples. He runs several Facebook pages dedicated to researching and sharing history in Pakistan. He was interviewed by Australia-based Qaumi Awaaz Radio in 2014. In 2015, he was interviewed four times by Gurwinder Singh of Voice of Khalsa, a US-based radio-station.

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Living people 21st-century Pakistani historians Historians of Pakistan Pakistani essayists Pakistani journalists Year of birth missing (living people) {{Pakistan-historian-stub

Biography

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