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Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Kunwar Khuldune Shahid is a Pakistan-based correspondent for The Diplomat.
He’s also a member of 101Reporters, a pan-Asia network of grassroots reporters. His work has been featured in The Guardian, The Independent, Foreign Policy, BBC, Haaretz, Arab News, Courrier International, Le Monde, Daily Beast, The Telegraph, MIT Review, among other publications.
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July 18, 2019
The IMF Takeover of Pakistan
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Many Pakistanis see the terms of the $6 billion bailout package as a hostile takeover of their economy and government.
June 18, 2019
Islamic State Comes for South Asia
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
The Islamic State has completed its shift from Middle East to South Asia.
May 02, 2019
Pakistan Declares War on Pashtun Nationalism
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
The Pakistani military is trying to sound the death knell of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement.
April 12, 2019
Why the Pakistani Establishment Is Rooting for the BJP
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
The strange logic behind Pakistan's leaders wanting a Hindu nationalist party to keep control of India.
March 27, 2019
How Pakistan’s Constitution Facilitates Blasphemy Lynching and Forced Conversions
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Islamic supremacy, sadly, is written into Pakistan’s constitution.
March 06, 2019
A Pakistani Minister Was Just Sacked for Anti-Hindu Bigotry. That’s Historic.
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
The move hints that the state is willing to readdress its Islamist narrative.
February 16, 2019
Gilgit-Baltistan: Pakistan’s Geopolitical Loophole
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
The disputed territory remains caught in limbo: neither a province nor self-administered.
January 23, 2019
Pakistanis Are the ‘Collateral Damage’ of Their State’s Counterterror Failures
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
A mother, father, and teenage daughter are the latest innocent victims of Pakistan's botched counterterror policy.
December 19, 2018
Pakistan Scores a Rare Diplomatic Victory on Kashmir
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
The OIC condemning ‘Indian terrorism’ in Kashmir is a diplomatic triumph for Pakistan.
September 08, 2018
A New Pakistan Government, a New Way to Persecute Ahmadis
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
The PTI government picked Atif Mian as an economic adviser -- then dropped him once his faith became an issue.
August 08, 2018
Pakistan’s Economic Crisis
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Islamabad’s need for an IMF bailout is set to create a “diplomatic predicament.”
July 26, 2018
The Biggest Challenge for Pakistan’s Next Prime Minister
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
As premier, Imran Khan’s greatest challenge will be detaching himself from the Army’s strings.