The Senate Standing Committee on Law has unanimously approved a draft bill proposing uncontested inheritance matters be taken out of court jurisdiction and handed over to NADRA. “Again, despite having tremendous respect for him, I think Senator Rabbani was primarily trying to snub the Law Minister. The idea of the bill is to take uncontested inheritance cases out of the jurisdiction of the courts, where it is often a slow and expensive process, and give it to NADRA. The bill now goes to the Cabinet, which will refine it further to remove errors pointed out in the hearing. Thereafter, it will be presented in either house as a government bill and after that the usual process.

Source: Pakistan Today March 05, 2019 15:00 UTC