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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 NADRA, Islamabad
   • A relative died leaving property, the heirs agree on who they are, and none is a minor.
   • You picked this route yourself.

4. What it rules out

   • If any heir objects, heirship is in doubt, or an heir is a minor, NADRA declines and you go to court.
   • A court will not take the case until NADRA declines it.

5. Steps

   • 1. NADRA: NADRA says it issues these certificates and letters at its centres in Pakistan. One heir must go in person to a designated NADRA site in Pakistan, so if you are abroad, an heir in Pakistan applies or you travel. NADRA's page says the deceased and the heirs must be Pakistani citizens and the property must be in Pakistan. It does not list the designated sites: call NADRA's helpline 1777 or +92 51 111 786 100 to find one. (Succession Certificate, How to Apply, NADRA, Succession Certificate, read 2026-11-13)
   • 2. You: Check there is no dispute: no heir or claimant objects, everyone agrees who the heirs are, and no heir is a minor. If there is, NADRA declines. (s5(b), Letters of Administration and Succession Certificates Act 2020, read 2026-10-28)
   • 3. You: Apply to NADRA first. No court will take the case until NADRA declines. (s10, Letters of Administration and Succession Certificates Act 2020, read 2026-10-28)
   • 4. Heirs: The heirs can authorize one of them, on the prescribed form, to apply for all. (s6(1), Letters of Administration and Succession Certificates Act 2020, read 2026-10-28)
   • 5. NADRA: Apply at a notified NADRA office where the deceased lived, or where any of their property is. (s6(2), Letters of Administration and Succession Certificates Act 2020, read 2026-10-28)
   • 6. NADRA: NADRA publishes a public notice on its web portal and in one English and one Urdu daily newspaper. (s6(4), Letters of Administration and Succession Certificates Act 2020, read 2026-10-28)
   • 7. NADRA: If no objection comes within fourteen days, the applicant and every heir give biometric verification. This can be done at a notified office in Pakistan or abroad. (s6(5), Letters of Administration and Succession Certificates Act 2020, read 2026-10-28) Time: 14 days for objections after the notice. (s6(5)).
   • 8. NADRA: NADRA issues the letter of administration or succession certificate to all the heirs, with each one's share under their personal law. (s6(6), Letters of Administration and Succession Certificates Act 2020, read 2026-10-28)
   • 9. NADRA: Pay NADRA's fee when you apply. NADRA's page does not say what the extra Rs. 2000 "where applicable" is for, or whether the newspaper notice costs more: ask at the centre. (Succession Certificate, Fees & Processing Time, NADRA, Succession Certificate, read 2026-11-13) Fee: Rs. 20,000 when the assets are Rs. 100,000 or more, plus Rs. 2000 where applicable. Rs. 10,000 when the assets are under Rs. 100,000. (Succession Certificate, Fees & Processing Time). Time: NADRA says 14 days after the notice is published. (Succession Certificate, Fees & Processing Time).
   • 10. Revenue office or development authority: Take the certificate to the office that keeps the property record to have it moved to the heirs' names. Not confirmed.

6. Open points for your lawyer

   • Revenue office or development authority: We have not read the land revenue law or development authority rules for Islamabad. Ask that office what it needs.
   • NADRA cannot act if any heir objects, heirship is in doubt or an heir is a minor. Then use the court route.

7. Papers

   • Death certificate of the deceased
   • List of the legal heirs, with copies of their national identity cards
   • The heirs' authorization on the prescribed form, if one heir applies for all
   • Details of the immovable and movable property

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