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In Pakistani tribal belt, colonial-era laws still in practice despite merger into legal mainstream

  • The razing of three houses as punishment in recent land disputes has raised fresh questions about the state’s writ in the volatile tribal region bordering Afghanistan
  • In May 2018, Pakistani merged the tribal borderlands once known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas into the country’s political and legal mainstream
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Rustam Shah Mohmand
The unrest sweeping across Pakistan’s former tribal areas is strategically worrying
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