Zahid Shahab Ahmed

Zahid Shahab Ahmed is the local correspondent for Pakistan at Insight on Conflict. He is the co-author of “Extremism in Pakistan and India: The Case of the Jamaat-e-Islami and Shiv Sena” (2010).

The future of Afghan refugees in Pakistan

Pakistan’s decision to speed up the return of the three million Afghan refugees living across the border places strain on a bilateral relationship already suffering from a massive trust deficit.

By Zahid Shahab Ahmed

/ 23 Oct 2012

Peacebuilding in an impossible context? Perspectives from Pakistan

Caught between the restrictions placed on them by the state and a relationship with the general public framed by suspicion of collaboration with the West, Pakistani peacebuilders need to articulate their work on their own terms.

By Zahid Shahab Ahmed

/ 15 Jun 2012