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According to SC, the father’s financial ability will determine child maintenance.
A minor child’s reasonable needs, the father’s financial capacity, income, and social standing must all be taken into account when determining maintenance, according to a Supreme Court ruling. Interference with maintenance awards made by lower courts is only warranted in cases where the decision is arbitrary, irrational, or illegal.
A plea for leave to appeal was denied by a two-judge panel made up of Justices Irfan Saadat Khan and Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi, upholding the decision of the Sindh High Court.
The petitioner requested that the minor’s monthly maintenance be increased to Rs40,000, arguing before the court that the child’s father worked as a manager at a textile company in Bangladesh and received a large salary.
The District Judge set the child’s monthly maintenance at Rs. 30,000 with a 15% annual increase when resolving the appeal against the Family Court’s decision, according to the Supreme Court’s comprehensive verdict. The same ruling was later confirmed by the Sindh High Court.
The court noted that in deciding on the maintenance amount, the appellate court and the High Court had carefully considered the father’s salary, financial resources, other family responsibilities, and the child’s requirements. It also stated that the father had to provide for two additional children from his prior marriage.
The Supreme Court reaffirmed in its recent ruling in Muhammad Imran Baqar v. Mst. Zarnain Arzoo (PLD 2026 SC 170) that a father has a moral and legal duty to provide for his children, and that the amount of maintenance must be determined in accordance with the child’s actual needs and the father’s financial resources.
The court determined that the petitioner had not proven any legal error, misinterpretation of the facts, or abuse of judicial power in the lower courts’ rulings. As a result, it rejected the plea and upheld the Sindh High Court’s decision, finding no basis for interfering under Article 185(3) of the Constitution.
According to sources, India has stopped the flow of water into the Chenab River resulting in a decrease of 53,000 cusecs in flow of the river within a day.
India had stopped the Chenab’s water at the Salal and Baglihar dams, stated sources.
The Chenab River near Marala had a water inflow of 74,000 cusecs at 7am. By noon the flow was down to 31,000 cusecs.
The current water inflow at Marala is 21,000 cusecs and the stopping of Chenab waters is a significant violation of the Indus Waters Treaty, sources said.
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan chairman Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman called a countrywide shutter-down strike after 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal over the petroleum levy, stating the government would have to decrease the petroleum costs.
Talking to a news conference in Lahore, Hafiz Naeem said their campaign was going in the best possible way and added that the government will have to cut down the pricing of petroleum goods.
He claimed the country cannot move forward in the presence of flour and sugar mafias and appealed to the people to come up and join their resistance. He also added that farmers were not obtaining fertilisers at affordable costs while government officials were utilising costly automobiles using taxpayers’ money.
The Jamaat-e-Islami head stated they would observe a country-wide strike after 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal, adding that negotiations would not be held on the basis of assurances to halt the sit-in. He said the sit-in will continue until the government practically accepted their requests.
Hafiz Naeem also stated the petroleum levy, which he called a type of extortion tax, should not be enforced under any circumstances and the government would have to cut petrol prices.
If their demands were not accepted they would march on Islamabad, they said. No one could stop them and no Jamaat-e-Islami worker would hesitate to make sacrifices.
It may be recalled that Jamaat-e-Islami has been organising sit-ins outside governors’ residences around the country against the petroleum levy, with the protests entering their eighth day today.
Gold prices increased in domestic and foreign markets, with the rate of gold in the international bullion market shooting up by $57 an ounce to $4,604.
The gold price in Pakistan went up by Rs5,700 per tola, reaching Rs482,936.
The price of 10 grams of gold too went up by Rs4,972 to Rs414,039.
Meanwhile the price of silver was constant. Silver Rs7,379 per tola and Rs6,326 per 10 grams.
Indian water aggression: Flow in Chenab river dips by 53,000 cusecs in a day
JI calls for statewide protest after 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal over petrol levy
Gold price up by Rs5,700 per tola
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