Khula procedure guide • Karachi, Pakistan

Process of Khula in Pakistan: Court Procedure and Legal Grounds

Accurate khula procedure in Pakistan with the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939 and West Pakistan Family Courts Act 1964 provisions.

What the process involves

  1. Identify whether the claim is khula or a section 2 statutory ground under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939
  2. File the plaint and relied-on documents under section 7 of the Family Courts Act 1964
  3. Service follows section 8 and reconciliation is addressed under section 10
  4. Evidence, judgment, decree and further reconciliation are addressed under section 12
  5. Do not assume khula and statutory dissolution have the same dower consequence