By choking funds and delaying approvals, Pakistan is bringing its NGOs to the brink of extinction

The government is trying to settle some imagined score with the NGO sector.

Tahir Mehdi

· Nov 17, 2018 · 01:30 pm

View from Dawn: Three questions from Pakistan that India needs to answer

India has what Pakistan doesn't: long-standing democracy, government supremacy and secularism. Why, then, do they have such similar problems?

Tahir Mehdi

· Nov 01, 2016 · 07:30 pm

Two laws govern Hindu marriages in Pakistan – but neither addresses divorce adequately

There are separate legislation for Sindh and the rest of the country.

Tahir Mehdi

· Oct 25, 2016 · 09:30 pm

In Pakistan, Dalits' dreams have turned into a nightmare

The community's political mobility remains restricted by entrenched caste barriers.

Tahir Mehdi

· May 18, 2016 · 10:30 pm

Why a Hindu marriage law remains elusive in Pakistan

Hindu women in Pakistan are still unable to produce a legal document to prove their relationship with their spouse.

Tahir Mehdi

· Dec 10, 2015 · 08:30 pm

A Pakistani explains: Why I set off four firecrackers after the BJP's defeat in Bihar

The assembly election result indicates that even though democracy can hurt itself, it also has self-healing powers.

Tahir Mehdi

· Nov 13, 2015 · 05:30 pm