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

   • Complaint to the Punjab Property Tribunal
   • You are the lawful owner of property in Punjab, and someone got or keeps it without lawful authority, or by fraud, forgery or force, or you fear they will.
   • You picked this route yourself.

4. What it rules out

   • Only the lawful owner can file, and you must show evidence of your title.
   • If the tribunal finds your complaint false, frivolous or vexatious, you face one to five years in jail and a fine of up to five hundred thousand rupees.

5. Steps

   • 1. You: Check your facts fit: someone got or keeps your property without lawful authority, or through fraud, forgery, force or other illegal means. (s4, Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property Act 2025, read 2026-10-30)
   • 2. Punjab Property Tribunal: Find out whether the tribunal has been set up for your district. (s11(1), Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property Act 2025, read 2026-10-30) Not confirmed.
   • 3. Punjab Property Tribunal: If you fear someone is about to take your property, you can ask the tribunal for preventive measures. (s9(1), Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property Act 2025, read 2026-10-30)
   • 4. Punjab Property Tribunal: As the lawful owner, file a complaint with the tribunal for the district where the property is. (s7(1), Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property Act 2025, read 2026-10-30)
   • 5. Committee: Within three days the tribunal sends your complaint to a Committee, which looks into it, tries to settle it, and reports within thirty days. (s7(3), Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property Act 2025, read 2026-10-30) Time: Sent to the Committee within 3 days; report within 30 days. (s7(3)).
   • 6. Committee: Appear before the Committee in person. If you cannot, ask in writing to appear by electronic means, with biometric verification. (s8(6), Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property Act 2025, read 2026-10-30)
   • 7. Punjab Property Tribunal: The tribunal hears the case day to day and must decide within thirty days of getting the Committee's report. (s16(6), Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property Act 2025, read 2026-10-30) Time: Decision within 30 days of the report. (s16(6)).
   • 8. Lahore High Court: Either side can appeal to the Lahore High Court within thirty days of the judgment. (s19(1), Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property Act 2025, read 2026-10-30) Time: 30 days to appeal. (s19(1)).
   • 9. You: Make sure your complaint is true. A false, frivolous or vexatious complaint can bring one to five years in jail and a fine. (s16(3), Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable Property Act 2025, read 2026-10-30)

6. Open points for your lawyer

   • Punjab Property Tribunal: The Act lets the government set up a tribunal for each district by notice in the official Gazette. We have not seen that notice. Check the Punjab government or Lahore High Court website, or ask a lawyer.
   • Check the tribunal is set up for your district before you file. A false complaint can bring one to five years in jail and a fine.

7. Papers

   • Enough detail to identify the property
   • The facts of what was done
   • Evidence of your lawful title or ownership
   • Details of the person accused, as far as you know them

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