Wazirabad property dispute: FCCP irked over denial of sisterhood, affidavit sought

ISLAMABAD, Apr 6 (APP): The Federal Constitutional Court of Pakistan on Monday expressed displeasure during the hearing of a property distribution case from Wazirabad, after one party denied the existence of a sister, prompting the court to seek a written affidavit.

During the proceedings, Chief Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan questioned the rationale behind multiple judicial decisions that reportedly allocated the shares of four sisters to a single sister.

As the hearing progressed, counsel for one of the petitioner sisters argued that a previous court decision emerged after one sister had challenged the original distribution of the property. On the other hand, the counsel representing Sardar Begum informed the court that when his client sought her share in the inheritance, her status as a sister was outrightly denied.

At this point, Chief Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan inquired whether Sardar Begum was not the daughter of Abdullah. In response, the petitioner’s counsel maintained that Sardar Begum was not Abdullah’s daughter. The court then directed that, if so, a written affidavit be submitted to substantiate the claim.

The court was further informed that following the father’s death, the property had initially been distributed in 1989 among three sisters and two brothers. However, in 2018, one of the sisters, Noreen, challenged the distribution in court. Subsequently, the Commissioner Revenue ruled in favour of Noreen regarding the division of land.

It was also submitted that a fourth sister, Sardar Begum, had approached the Lahore High Court seeking to be made a party to the case, upon which the high court had clearly ordered that she be granted her share in the property.

Later, the Federal Constitutional Court adjourned the hearing of the case until April 8.