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4 months ago in Islamic Law By Arjun Patel

Is pakistan’s evidence law actually sharia-based?

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By Pranav Answered 1 month ago

It's genuine. The 1984 Order was explicitly Islamized drafted to bring statutory evidence law into conformity with classical fiqh. You see it in provisions on witness testimony (number and gender of witnesses for certain offenses), presumptions, and the weight of documentary evidence. Pakistani courts are constitutionally required to interpret laws consistently with Islamic injunctions. So yes, this isn't cosmetic. The Qanun-e-Shahadat is applied through an Islamic jurisprudential lens, not just a colonial inheritance.

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