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the Chief Justice of Pakistan
“The people through their elected representatives enacted the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and in it set out the course for the country to take by setting out therein the Principles of Policy17 ('Principles'). These include enabling Muslim citizens to live their lives in accordance with Islam, and promoting Islamic moral standards. Depriving females of their inheritance prescribed by Shari'ah violates these Principles. Denying females their inheritance also undermines their economic independence, prevents a rise in their standard of living and concentrates wealth in male descendants, which offends another three Principles.”
(CJ Qazi Faez Isa in Ghulam Qasim v. Mst. Razia Begum, PLD 2021 SC 812).