ISLAMABAD: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) declared that denying or depriving a woman a right of inheritance in ancestral or husband’s property due to the local custom or usage is un-Islamic.

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Reinforcing legal protections for women's property rights in Pakistan, the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) has declared the practice of Chadar and Parchi — which strips women of their inheritance ...

Women challenging patriarchal customs are reshaping legal boundaries and reclaiming long-denied inheritance rights.

ISLAMABAD: Civil society, rights organizations, and women nationwide have welcomed the Federal Shariat Court’s ...

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The Federal Shariat Court has ruled that customs depriving women of their rightful inheritance are un-Islamic and directed authorities to take criminal action against those responsible.

The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) has ruled that any custom depriving women of their rightful inheritance is un-Islamic and legally void. The court emphasized that Islamic teachings guarantee women ...

Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has welcomed the Federal Shariat Court decision in the Riba case. In a tweet, he said the government and the State Bank of Pakistan will carefully study this important ...

The Federal Shariat Court has declared any custom by virtue of which any female member of a family is being or has been denied or deprived of her right of inheritance, which is granted by the Holy ...

The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Wednesday said reaffirmed its previous stance that the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Transgender Bill contains the same unIslamic elements as the Transgender Act of ...