Insights
Commentary on Pakistani law
Written for the client rather than for other counsel. General information on the law and the procedure, and never a substitute for advice on your own matter.
Criminal LawAn FIR has been lodged against you in Karachi. What to do in the first 48 hours.Pre-arrest bail, what not to say, and why the police station is the wrong place to start solving the problem.
- Property LawChecking a property title in Karachi before you payThe searches that take a week and the disputes they prevent: chain of title, registration, society records and encumbrances.
- Rent LawEjectment in Sindh: what a landlord has to prove before the Rent ControllerThe Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979 in practice: grounds, notice, deposit of rent, and why the civil court is the wrong door.
- Land RevenueA mutation was entered without you. How to challenge a revenue entry in Sindh.Record of rights, Form VII-B, the revenue appeal hierarchy, and when a matter belongs in the civil court instead.
- Contract DisputesA cheque given to you bounced. Section 489-F, or a recovery suit?The criminal complaint and the civil summary suit do different jobs. Which one actually gets you paid depends on the other side.
- Civil LitigationLimitation: the deadline that quietly kills good casesThe strongest claim in Karachi is worth nothing if it is filed late. What the Limitation Act, 1908 means in practice.
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