Salman Rafi Sheikh
Salman Rafi Sheikh is a PhD researcher based at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He is also the author of ‘The Genesis of Baloch Nationalism: Politics and Ethnicity in Pakistan, 1947-1977’. Salman covers Pakistan as a regular contributor to Himal Briefs. He can be reached at: salmansheikh.ss11.sr@gmail.com
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