Shahid Shabbir

Shahid Shabbir is a Pakistani historian, researcher and journalist. He is also radio host at Radio Sade Aala 87.8 FM in New Zealand. He is known for his work on discovering and restoring Sikh and Hindu 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.