Islamabad, February 17, 2022 (PPI-OT):The Full Bench of the Hon’ble Court Comprising of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Muhammad Noor Meskanzai Chief Justice, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dr. Syed Muhammad Anwar and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Khadim Hussain M. Shaikh, in exercise of power under Article 203-D of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, announced its judgment in various Shariat Petitions titled as Imran Khan Jadoon and others Versus Province of Punjab and others.

In these petitions, Section 10 (5) (6) of the Family Court Act, 1964 was challenged. The Court, after hearing the parties in detail and perusal of the record; accepted these petitions and declared that the impugned law is repugnant to the Injunctions of Islam as laid down in the Holy Quran and Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).

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