A landmark law requiring permission from the first wife for a second marriage has been challenged in the Federal Shariat Court, Lahore.
Shehzada Adnan filed an application in the Registry through the mediation of an advocate.
The petition argued that the law requiring permission from the first wife for a second marriage is against Islam. According to the constitution, no law can be made against Islamic principles, and any law against Islam can be challenged in the Federal Shariat Court. The petition cited research indicating that ten million women above 35 years of age are waiting for marriage.
The petition requested that the court declare the law requiring permission from the first wife for a second marriage as un-Islamic.
Actor Mikaal Zulfikar has expressed his opinion regarding a second marriage.
Mikaal was the guest on a T.V. programme, and opened up about his personal life as well as issues within the industry.
In response to a question about the second marriage, the actor said, “My father advises me to marry a foreigner; he often says, ‘Do what I have done and marry a foreigner.’ Well, I have had the experience of marriage in Pakistan. To be honest, I don’t think about getting married again because I have two kids, and I am at peace. I want to live like that.”
Mikaal Zulfiqar’s first marriage was with Sara Bhatti, which ended in 2017 after seven years.
The burnt body of a married young woman was found in her father’s furniture showroom in Gujranwala, reports Geo News.
While the reason for the murder is unknown as yet, the husband of the victim is absconding and according to the preliminary investigation of the police, he is the prime suspect.
According to further details, 24-year-old Maryam, a resident of Dhariwal, was first married to her cousin. After the marriage ended in a divorce, Maryam’s second marriage took place with Sajid, a resident of Kot Ishaq.
Sajid and Maryam used to fight often. About six months ago, Maryam’s parents brought their daughter and son-in-law to their village and offered them a room adjacent to her father’s furniture showroom to live in.
Maryam’s father told the police that he had gone to a nearby mosque for Fajr prayers in the morning and came back to see the burnt body.
The police say that the search for the woman’s husband is going on.
A man has been sentenced to jail by a court in Bahawalpur for marrying for a second time without the permission of his first wife, Geo News has reported.
The Pakistani state observes a punishment of up-to a one year sentence and a fine for men that take up second wives without the written consent of their first wife.
The first wife filed an application in the court against the second marriage of the husband. The family court of Bahawalpur sentenced him to six months in prison and fined him half a million rupees.
While pronouncing the verdict, the court said that the accused will have to serve two more years of imprisonment if he fails to pay the fine.
On the morning show hosted by Nida Yasir, actor and singer Hadiqa Kiani opened up on topics ranging from her professional life to her personal life. The Raqeeb Se diva also opened up about her failed marriage with Syed Fareed Sarwary, a UK-based Afghan businessman.
During the interview, the host asked Hadiqa Kiani about her former husband, how she met him, and the reason for her divorce. “It was a completely arranged marriage,” the singer responded. “He was a 3D animator and used to make my videos in the 90s.”
“He fell in love with me,” she added. “One of our mutual friends helped him in sending a marriage proposal to my house. My family accepted the proposal since they were already looking for a proposal for me.”
“The major obstacle in my marriage was his mother,” the singer continued. “She had a problem with my music. We lived together for five and a half years and after that, we parted ways.”
“The biggest mistake I made was that when I was engaged to him I was not happy and satisfied with it, but during this time period he attempted suicide by eating pills, which changed my mind about it,” Kiani recalled.
The Dobara star then revealed that she later married an Afghani man who lived in United Kingdom to give her child a surname and to complete his paperwork.
Last year she took to her Instagram handle and posted a long note in which she appreciated the government’s new policy related to allow children of single mothers eligible to acquire CNIC without father’s information.
In a ruling, the Sindh High Court (SHC) has ordered the National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) to issue Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) to a woman who didn’t know about her father’s whereabouts.
The Zindagi Gulzar Hai singer stated: “Only Allah knows the hardships a single mother faces in our country. Today I have been sent so many clips from my conversation with Sameena Peerzada regarding only the surface of those hard realities but today our country has taken one step forward. I am so grateful to the courageous men and women who fought to make this change. Let’s continue on the right path, let’s make a stronger and safer Pakistan.”
Hadiqa adopted her son Naad-E-Ali in 2005 from Edhi Foundation, and has raised her child as a single mother.
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ruled that the second marriage of a woman without completing iddat (period a Muslim woman has to observe after the dissolution of marriage) cannot be considered “void” and does not constitute the cognisable offence under Hudood Ordinance i.e. Zina (adultery) in Pakistan.
Judge Justice Ali Zia Bajwa on Friday heard the case in which the petitioner, Amir Baksh, filed a case of Zina against his ex-wife Amina and her new husband Ismail, reports Dawn.
In the petition, Baksh argued that his wife unilaterally took a verdict of annulling the marriage from the court and tied the knot with Ismail the very next day. He termed the new marriage “null and void” as well as Zina.
While dismissing his petition, the high court said that such a marriage cannot be considered Batil (invalid) but without the completion of iddat would be considered Fasid (corrupt or irregular).
“Fasid marriage is the one where the impediment to the validity of such marriage is temporary, while in case of a Batil marriage, such impediment is permanent,” Judge said.
The Lahore High Court (LHC) dismissed the sentence of a husband who got married for the second time without his first wife’s permission, ARY News reported
According to details, Justice Amjad Rafique of the LHC heard the petition against the sentence of Muzaffar Nawaz, a man who got married in secret.
The court, while ruling on the petition, cancelled the verdict and hearing of the magistrate’s sentence.
The LHC ruled that only the Family Court has the authority to hear the case under Muslim Family Law Ordinance, not a Magistrate.
Muzaffar Nawaz was convicted of marrying Sitara Jabeen without the permission of his first wife Ishrat Rasool; a magistrate sentenced Muzaffar Nawaz to three months imprisonment and was charged with a fine of Rs 500,000 on the complaint of his first wife.
The Sessions Court later dismissed the appeal against the magistrate’s decision
A Lahore man was sent to jail for not telling his second wife about his first marriage, Samaa Newsreported.
Arfah Naz has alleged that Rehmat Ali had not revealed his first marriage and she got married to him thinking he is single.
The woman registered an FIR against Rehmat at the Shahdara police station when she came to know two days after the marriage that the latter was already married and had children too.
She demanded that Rehmat should be booked for deceiving her. A district court sent him to jail on judicial remand.
Section 6(5) of the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961 states that a man has to submit written permission from his first wife if he wishes to marry for the second time. If a man violates the law, then he may be jailed for a year.
Actor Shahroza Sabzwari opened up on marrying his ladylove Sadaf Kanwal post his split with ex-wife Syra Yousuf.
In a recent interview, Shahroz shared that he had the pure intention of marrying quickly after divorce because the phase he was going through was difficult. “As a religious man I had to marry after break up because our religion doesn’t allow many things which I also try to avoid but as a human, we are helpless but if you marry, things get beautiful,” he asserted.
The Nand star stated that it’s difficult working with female actors in this industry as a bachelor hence he chose to marry early so that he refrains from immoral activities.
He further declared that it was Sadaf, who was in his mind, “We were friends but I clearly said to her that there would be no drama, I want to marry, I told her all my situation, I told her that I would not want to live a bachelor life”.
According to Sabzwari, he is a working man and works with a lot of women. “In such an environment it is really difficult for a bachelor to stay on the right path, you can fall for any bad”.
Shahroz and Sadaf tied the knot in May 2021 the same year he had parted ways with his first wife of seven years, Syra Yousuf over ‘irreconcilable differences.’ The former couple is parents to a daughter named Nooreh.
A 60-year-old man in India climbed up an electric pole to protest against his children who opposed his second marriage.
As per reports, Sobran Singh, who hails from Rajasthan, India climbed a pole of high-tension wires to convince his children for second marriage. Singh, who has five children and several grandchildren wanted to get married for the second time but his family was against it.
Villagers gathered near the electric pole and tried to convince Singh to come down but he did not listen to anybody.
Singh even grabbed a high-tension wire and threatened to commit suicide. Luckily, there was no electricity running in the high tension line at that time.
Singh’s family called the local sub-station about the incident after which the electricity department cut the power in the area.
After about an hour, a local youth climbed the pole and convinced the elderly man to come down.
When he was asked whom he wants to marry, he said, “Get me married to anyone. I just want a companion.”
Singh’s wife died four years ago and he currently lives with his three sons.
