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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said neither the judiciary nor a jirga could be a substitute to the Islamic law of inheritance when “Deen-i-Elahi” (divine religion) had already settled the matter 1,400 years ago. “The law of inheritance in Islam is final and neither the courts nor any jirga can change this,” observed Justice Qazi Faez Isa, adding that …

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