Case Law in Pakistan

Ghulam Ali Vs Mst Ghulam Sarwar Naqvi, PLD 1990 SC 1

In this case the Court stressed the need for providing information to women regarding their inheritance rights, as recognised by Islam and enforceable through a court of law. The Court stated:

"in the rural areas where 80% of the female population resides, the inheritance rights of the female are not protected and enforced, as Islam requires. It is a pity that while an urbanised brother who is labourer in a neighbouring mill has the protection of labour laws, his unfortunate sister is deprived of her most valuable right of inheritance"