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Islamic law-------Inheritance---Females deprived of their right to inheritance---Father of the parties died about eleven years ago and when the sisters of the petitioner sought their share in his inheritance on 11 October 2021 only then did the petitioner (brother) file a suit for partition, declaration, specific performance and permanent injunction two months thereafter---Pendency of the said suit had no effect on the estate of the deceased nor could exclude the legal heirs from their inheritance---Property of a deceased Muslim vested in his legal heirs immediately upon his death---Inheritance rights of the vulnerable members of society, which include females, must be protected---Unfortunately, a practice has developed whereby those defying shariah and the law, facilitated by some lawyers, adopt various nefarious means, including taking the plea of pending litigation in depriving legal heirs from what is rightfully theirs---Filing of present frivolous petition and the dishonest tactics employed by the petitioner justified the dismissal of present petition with costs in the sum of three hundred thousand rupees, which the petitioner was directed to pay equally to the respondents who had been deprived of their legal shares---Said respondents would also be justified to claim mesne profits for all the days that the petitioner did not abide by his 'Consent/Joint Statement' whereby he agreed to have the property evaluated and pay the legal heirs their respective shares as per shariah. ORDER:Qazi Faez Isa, CJ:---.---We had issued notices to the private respondents expecting that the petitioner may become reasonable and amicably resolve his dispute with his siblings, but unfortunately this has not happened.2. The case pertains to the estate of Sarfraz Ahmad Khan who passed away in the year 2010, leaving behind five sons, five daughters and a widow, and his estate included a house constructed on 12 marlas and 218 square feet in the city of Rawalpindi ('the Property'). When the petitioner's sisters claimed their inheritance he agreed that the Property be evaluated and had agreed to pay the legal heirs of Sarfraz Ahmad Khan their respective shares as per shariah. The…

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