Back to your answers

1. What this is

   • This brief was made by Wakeelnama Overseas from your answers. It is not legal advice, and no lawyer has reviewed it.

2. Your answers

   • Who holds or controls the property now? Not answered.
   • What paper do they rely on? Not answered.
   • Where is the property? Not answered.
   • When did you lose possession? Not answered.
   • What do you want? Not answered.
   • Do you live abroad more than 182 days a tax year and hold a Pakistani passport, CNIC, NICOP, POC or OPF card? Not answered.

3. The route

   • Inheritance through the court
   • The heirs disagree, an heir is a minor, NADRA declined your application, or the property is outside Islamabad and Punjab.
   • You picked this route yourself.

4. What it rules out

   • In Islamabad, a court will not take the case until NADRA declines it.

5. Steps

   • 1. NADRA: In Islamabad, apply to NADRA first. A court takes the case only after NADRA declines. (s10, Letters of Administration and Succession Certificates Act 2020, read 2026-10-28) Islamabad only.
   • 2. NADRA: In Punjab, NADRA declines any case with a factual controversy among the heirs, and sends you to the court under the Succession Act 1925. (s5(b), Punjab Letters of Administration and Succession Certificates Act 2021, read 2026-10-30) Punjab only.
   • 3. Lawyer: Ask a lawyer which petition fits: letters of administration, a succession certificate, or a suit. (s370(1), Succession Act 1925, read 2026-10-28) Not confirmed.
   • 4. District Judge: A petition for a succession certificate goes to the District Judge, signed and verified like a plaint. (s372(1), Succession Act 1925, read 2026-10-28)
   • 5. District Judge: Ask the court office or a lawyer for the court fee and the papers the court wants. Not confirmed.
   • 6. Lawyer: If you are an overseas Pakistani and the property is in Islamabad or Punjab, ask a lawyer whether the special court must hear this. (s4(3), Establishment of Special Court (Overseas Pakistanis Property) Act 2024, read 2026-10-28) Not confirmed.
   • 7. Patwari of the estate: For land in a Punjab revenue estate, report the inheritance to the Patwari at once so the record is changed. (s42(1), Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967, read 2026-10-30) Punjab only.

6. Open points for your lawyer

   • Lawyer: A succession certificate under the 1925 Act deals with debts and securities. The text we read does not settle which petition fits land or a house. Ask a lawyer.
   • District Judge: The court fee and the papers depend on the Court Fees Act and court practice, which we have not read.
   • Lawyer: The special court Acts send every matter with an overseas party to the special court. They do not say how that fits a succession petition. Ask a lawyer.

7. Papers

   • No list of papers is confirmed for this route.

8. Fill in before you send

   • Your name
   • Phone or email
   • Property address
   • Khasra, plot or house number
   • District and tehsil
   • Who holds it, by name