Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro

Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro

Dr Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro is an anthropologist and the author of twelve books. His main area of interest is Pakistan’s heritage, religion, and art, with a special focus on Sindh. He has also researched religion, heritage, Sufism, folk art, asceticism, and mysticism of the Punjab, Balochistan, and Gilgit-Baltistan. Currently, Dr Kalhoro is working on five book projects, viz. Sufi Heritage of Sindh; An Engraved Landscape: The Rock Carvings of Taki Valley, Sindh; Shikarpur: Perspectives on Heritage, Religion and Economy; Pictures in Stone: The Rock Carvings of Angai Valley, Sindh; and Deities, Devotees and Dargahs: An Anthropological Study of Religion in Tharparkar. Dr Kalhoro teaches at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad.