Zulfiqar Shah is a civil rights activist, journalist and writer of Sindhi origin.
17 Facts About Zulfiqar Shah
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Zulfiqar Shah was forced by the Pakistan Army to unlawfully leave the country and close down The Institute for Social Movements, Pakistan in May 2012.
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Zulfiqar Shah resettled in Nepal, where the UNHCR approved him for refugee status.
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Zulfiqar Shah was insurrected in his house in Kathmandu and was given heavy metal poison by the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI with local facilitation; however he was rescued by local doctors.
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Zulfiqar Shah was forced to leave Nepal, thus he left for Pakistan in December 2013.
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Zulfiqar Shah went India for medical treatment on 11 February 2013, where he was not only denied appropriate health treatment at the behest of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, but was harassed by high commission officials.
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Zulfiqar Shah has claimed that through that chip he has been tortured and attempts of murders were carried by Pakistani officials.
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Zulfiqar Shah was born in a rural town Radhan of district Dadu, Sindh province in Pakistan.
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Zulfiqar Shah has served at the University of Karachi as a Coordinator for National Institute of Excellence of Higher Education, a project by PEP Foundation, and was Program Manager with Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum.
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Zulfiqar Shah has been engaged with political and democratic rights activism and Social movements in Sindh since last two decades.
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Zulfiqar Shah is vocal for secularism, civil democratic rule in Pakistan with the minimised role of non-civil actors in the statecraft and policies and always attempting to create peace and 'one Southasia' constituency among the opinion makers and activists in Sindh.
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Zulfiqar Shah has been staunch advocate for land reforms in Pakistan.
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Zulfiqar Shah has been actively engaged in the civil society's initiatives against enforced disappearances in Sindh and Baluchistan and victimisation of peasants rights activists and agriculture labourers.
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Zulfiqar Shah was part of the civil society peace initiatives for peace in South Asia, particularly between Pakistan and India.
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Zulfiqar Shah is engaged in the flood victims and IDPs rights advocacy.
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Zulfiqar Shah was associated with Daily Kawish, the largest daily newspaper in Sindh from 1996 to 1998.
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Zulfiqar Shah was a member of Bangladesh Bharat Pakistan Peoples Forum and International Society for Philosophers, Sheffield University, UK.