Rawalpindi:
A record number of new family services were filed in Rawalpindi’s family courts during the first quarter of 2025 from 1 January to 31 March.
A total of 1,451 new cases were registered, including disputes about maintenance, custody, dower (HAQ Mehr) and the return of dowry topics.
In addition, 41 husbands approached the courts requesting orders to bring back aliened wives who had left their homes.
For the first time, 21 Christian women also requested divorce after legal reforms that now allow Christian women to seek divorce or separation without undergoing the previously required and complex cancellation process.
During the three -month period, the courts issued 106 divorce decree on the basis of Khula (separation initiated by Kona) and ordered 310 men or fathers to pay expenses for their wives and children.
Courts also ordered reunification of 13 alienated couples and returned 75 children from fatherly custody to their mothers.
According to court sources, five to eight new family cases are submitted daily, sometimes up to 15-20 cases a day.
The courts also helped unite 55 pairs, which resulted in the case of redundancies.
Family Court spokesmen cited the increase in the use of social media – Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Messenger and YouTube – as an important contributing factor in the division of marriages.
The availability of modern smartphones for teens has reportedly led to an increase of 50 percent in choices and love marriages.
Attorney Sabtain Bukhari noted that family -based marriages should be encouraged again.
While it is not wrong to marry outside the family, parents must carefully cultivate potential spouses.
He emphasized that marriages based on lies tend not to last, especially in the case of ruminant marriages, which often collapse within six months to one year.
Human Rights Cell Secretary Advocate Tayyaba Abbasi called for even though girls should have access to mobile phones, their use must be monitored. She recommended to encourage education and family -approved marriages.
She added that many women discover post-marriage, that their spouses who claimed to be wealthy or employed are unemployed or involved in small crimes leaders for family divisions.
Legal experts suggested strict measures, such as putting a minimum dower of RS2.5 million and a monthly maintenance of RS15,000 in the event of love marriages, with a further RS500,000 to be paid to the woman in the event of a divorce.
They believe that such reforms could help slow down the growing trend of broken families.
