ضلع پشاور میں حقِ میراث برائے خواتین کے موانع

Abstract

Women have important positions in society in different capacities. Islam provides women with religious, political, social, and economic rights. Inheritance is one such right given by Islam to women. However, despite its provision in both Islamic and state laws, it is observed that women are often deprived of their right to inheritance in different parts of Pakistan. This article focuses on the Peshawar district and studies the prevalent attitudes towards women’s right to inheritance. It also attempts to highlight the obstacles faced by women in the Peshawar district in securing their legal right to inheritance. Along with consulting the resources in different libraries, the study employs quantitative methods to collect relevant data. Two hundred women belonging to the suburbs of the Peshawar district were provided with the questionnaires. The data collected was then analyzed through SPSS software. The results show that almost half of the women in the selected areas of Peshawar district received the inheritance. It was also revealed that, apart from other sociological factors, the main obstacle to the women’s right to inheritance in the selected areas was caused by the male members of the family, particularly brothers.