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Despite financial difficulties, LHC supports a father’s obligation to provide for his underage child.
The Lahore High Court has held that a father cannot escape from his need to provide maintenance to his young kid due to financial hardships, saying that the obligation is enforceable under legal, moral and religious standards.
Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani stated in a lengthy 15-page opinion that the obligation of the father to support his young child is continuing and cannot be done away with owing to financial difficulties. The court ruled that the obligation is more than a legal obligation but also a moral and religious one.
The court said that a minor child’s claim to maintenance cannot be waived by a consent or settlement. Any such arrangement to reduce or remove such rights is not viable in law, said the court.
The court also found that the unpaid support is an enforceable liability owed by the father and does not just expire over time. The verdict quoted the provisions from the Holy Quran including Surah Al-Baqarah, Surah At-Talaq and related teachings from Sunnah.
The court noted that the youngster involved in the case, Naseer Akhtar Awan, was living with a disability when a settlement agreement was entered into and so, his legal rights could not be bartered away through any private arrangement.
Lahore High Court upheld the verdicts of the family court and appellate court and rejected the plea of the father against the maintenance demand.
The court also proposed new legislation on recovery of past maintenance in view of Islamic legal principles and directed to send a copy of the judgment to the Law and Justice Commission and the Ministry of Law and Justice.
Petitioner Akhtar Hussain Awan contended that a settlement agreement was signed in 2005 which had already fixed the lifelong maintenance dues. He further maintained that the law did not provide for recovery of maintenance for the period that had elapsed beyond six years. He also prayed for imposition of penalty on the mother of the child for breach of the agreement.
However, the court dismissed these arguments and reiterated the legal protections given to underage children in matters pertaining to maintenance and financial assistance.
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) started on a bullish note on Tuesday as the benchmark index regained the 179,000-point level in early trade.
Market statistics showed the KSE-100 Index jumped over 900 points in early trade to 179,405 points.
Market observers said the move was buoyed by restored investor confidence after last session’s turmoil.
The index had closed lower on the last trading day, down 450 points to 178,471 points.
The Pakistan Stock Exchange witnessed a comeback in market confidence as trading started for the second business day of the week with early gains.
KARACHI: The former director of the Karachi BRT Yellow Line project, Zameer Abbasi, was detained on Monday over financial violations.
Details said that Anti-Corruption Establishment Karachi has detained Zameer Abbasi from Lahore in an intelligence-based operation.
Anti-corruption officials said a complaint was lodged against him on June 10. They added that efforts were being made to shift him from Lahore to Karachi.
It is worth mentioning here that allegations have been made against the project director of illegally releasing over Rs 7 billion to contractors and this led to the inquiry and his detention.
— Security forces stopped a major terrorist conspiracy in Balochistan’s Panjgur district in a timely and information based response, security sources said.
The operation was undertaken in the Jirak area on the basis of secret information and a considerable quantity of weapons and communication equipment was recovered, security sources said. During the operation, the police seized 4 rocket fuses and many improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from a vehicle.
Security officials stated the explosive supplies were intended to be used in a possible large-scale terrorist attack, which was being prepared in the region.
They noted that the prompt and professional action by the security forces had prevented serious destruction and protected the area from a possible catastrophe.
This successful operation is a clear sign that the security forces are still a formidable barrier against the anti-peace groups in Balochistan, claimed the security forces.
PSX starts on a positive note, KSE-100 index reclaims 179,000 mark
Former Karachi BRT Yellow Line project director Zameer Abbasi detained.
Security agents avert big terror plot in Panjgur
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