A Tiktok video with hundreds of thousands of views claims that the Supreme Court in Pakistan recently gave up that if a woman married, she will automatically lose custody of her children from a previous marriage to custody transferred to the father.
The claim is false. No such judgment has been handed down by the supreme court in recent months.
Assertion
On June 10, a Tiktok user claimed: “According to the recent ruling of the Supreme Court in Pakistan, a father is best suited to raise children, and no other person or stepfather can be the children’s guardian except the father.”
The user also suggested that the court decided that children should live with their father if the mother married again and added, “So the children were taken from the mother and handed over to the father.”
At the time of writing, the video had been viewed over 202,000 times, liked more than 15,600 times and shared over 1,140 times.
Fact
The claim is false. No such new verdict has been handed down by the Supreme Court in Pakistan.
GEO FACT CHECK Reviewed all orders adopted by the point of view since May when the claim began to circulate. Only a relevant case was found and the opposite of the viral requirement.
In this case, the father of two children aged seven and eight petition had Lahore High Court Multan about custody. His petition was dismissed in favor of his mother, after which he approached the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court, in a judgment written by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi, maintained the mother’s custody. The court presented that a child is not a passive recipient of adult decisions, but an active rights owner whose voice must be heard and no alternative can repeat a mother’s intuitive care and emotional constance.
The verdict also added that a mother’s employment does not reduce her fitness as a manager, rather demonstrates the resilience and commitment of providing safe and care for upbringing.
The court ordered the custody of the mother and gave father’s visiting rights. Both parents had especially remarried, but the court did not make its decision on this basis. Instead, it emphasized that family teams must always prioritize the child’s best interests and respect the child’s voice in custody and guardianship.
Judgment The claim is false. The Supreme Court has not decided that mothers automatically lose custody of remarrying. On the contrary, the court confirmed that decisions on custody must prioritize the child’s welfare.
