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Tahir Mehdi
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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
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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
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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
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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Australian Open: Sania Mirza bows out of Grand Slams on her own terms, leaving a trail to blaze
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Fiction: A courtesan renounces pleasure and embraces Buddhism after she is betrayed by the world
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Yes, India’s Constitution has been hijacked – but not by the Supreme Court
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How did Rajiv Gandhi, applauded for his modernist ideologies, accelerate Hindu nationalism politics?
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In Pakistan, Dalits' dreams have turned into a nightmare
The community's political mobility remains restricted by entrenched caste barriers.
Tahir Mehdi
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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
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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
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Caught on camera: Thieves remove entire ATM in Ajmer, Rajasthan
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Watch: How a Great Dane dog and an orphaned kitten formed an unlikely bond
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Watch: From France to Australia, fans embrace the ‘Pathaan’ craze by singing and dancing in theatres
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Watch: From upside down to inside out, models walk the ramp wearing gowns in strange ways
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Watch: Comedian Jamie Lever’s hilarious take on how Bollywood actors put their children to bed