in the cases of Hakim Ali and others v. Barkat Bibi and others (1988 SCMR 293)

Supreme Court of Pakistan

RULE: of decisio n for the purposes of succession was sharia APPLICATION: Acts, succession for the purposes of muslims was governed by sharia law even before 1951 unless any custom was established as being consistently prevalent in the area a nd applicable to the parties. Even Section 5 of the A

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