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Arbaz Shah

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(He/Him)
Quetta
As seen in: Facebook, The Diplomat Magazine, The Express Tribune, Samaa TV, Global Voices, The Friday Times, Editorial Freelancers Association, Naya Daur, Daily Balochistan Express, Balochistan Voices
Covers:  Women Empowerment,Climate Change,Cybersecurity,Education & Healthcare,Crime & Corruption
Doesn't Cover: Sports
Investigative journalist covering issues in 🇵🇰 and across the 🇦🇫 border. Fellow:@OCCRP @Pakistan_Press

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Arbaz Shah’s Biography

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Arbaz Shah is a Balochistan-based freelance journalist, covering climate change, cybersecurity, education, and healthcare in Balochistan and across the Afghan border.
He reserves expertise on cybersecurity, digital content development, feature writing and investigation.

Arbaz Shah’s Journalist Portfolio

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Restrictions on Religious Minorities in Quetta

Restrictions on Religious Minorities in Quetta

Arbaz Shah Kanwal, 20, belongs to the Hindu community that has been living in Quetta and elsewhere in Balochi…

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Activists in Balochistan Face a New Threat: Cyber Harassment

Activists in Balochistan Face a New Threat: Cyber Harassment

Advertisement Naheema Zehri, 26, belongs to a tribal society from Khuzdar, Balochistan and is currently pursu…

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Education In Balochistan: Girls Sent To Madrassas And Married Earlier - Naya Daur

Education In Balochistan: Girls Sent To Madrassas And Married Earlier - Naya Daur

A large number of girls and boys who remain out of school, put a question mark over the performance of govern…

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Kochi Nomads, Like Other War-Weary Afghans, Await Peace In Afghanistan

Kochi Nomads, Like Other War-Weary Afghans, Await Peace In Afghanistan

"We could make no other choice but to leave our homeland Afghanistan for the refugee camp across the border i…

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The plight of Afghan women under the new Taliban regime

The plight of Afghan women under the new Taliban regime

"We, Afghans would like to say to the world, that they have left us in isolation, to the wolves in our countr…

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Exploitation of Home-Based Workers in Balochistan

Exploitation of Home-Based Workers in Balochistan

Arbaz Shah Their meal of Aftar (Fasting) is different from others in society, simple home baked bread with gr…

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Articles

Small Traders In Balochistan Suffer Economic Losses Due To Border Fencing

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By Arbaz Shah Verified, Raza Rumi, Adeel Daniel, Murtaza Solangi
| The Friday Times Verified
His mother has been ill for the past 15 days. He wakes up in the morning, ties his yellowish long turban, and steps out of the house to go to the bazaar in the Chaman city of district Kila Abdullah, leaving behind his old bed-ridden mother, his wife, and his three children. Holding a walking cane, he moves towards his three-wheel vehicle. “We have no groceries to prepare tonight’s meal.
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Balochistan’s share of total BISP beneficiaries (who receive unconditional transfers) is a mere 4%

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By Arbaz Shah Verified, Raza Rumi, Adeel Daniel, Murtaza Solangi
| The Friday Times Verified
Balochistan is widely acknowledged as the poorest province in Pakistan. Various studies conducted over the years support the view. As much as 10-11% of Pakistan’s total population living in poverty resides in Balochistan. According to the 2016 Report on Multidimensional Poverty, three out of four individuals in the province live below the poverty line.
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The Economic Relationship Between Afghan Refugees And Pakistan

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By Arbaz Shah Verified, Raza Rumi, Adeel Daniel, Murtaza Solangi
| The Friday Times Verified
After the Afghan revolution, hundreds of thousands of Afghan families fled the war in Afghanistan and made Pakistan their permanent residence. History has repeated again and Kabul fell back into the hands of Taliban on August 15, 2021. Gull is one amongst the affected families entering Pakistan. Gull crossed into Pakistan with his wife and five children, as well as the wives of his brothers and their three children.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Reporter at Balochistan 24

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes,for more then half year.

How is social media changing news?

Digital platforms have quicker sense of pushing the flow of information to best seekers but yet quite uncertain to ensure that each nuance of information is given ethical and accurate which needs much endeavor to be made to ensure transparency in the information flow...

Awards

Online Journalism Award

2021 - Investigative Journalism/introduction to digital journalism

The award concentrated a crush course on digital journalism, data analysis, digital content development, cybersecurity, physical and psychological safety.

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