Aiema Asrar and Fatima Midrar from ABS & Co’s Islamabad office were appointed amicus curiae by the Honourable Mr. Justice Jawad Hassan of the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench in a landmark judgement regarding fixation of maintenance under the Family Courts Act, 1964.
Justice Jawad Hassan has issued guidelines and laid down a detailed procedure for the fixation of maintenance after examining the pathology, anatomy and judicial anthology of the Act. The judgment passed in Mariam Bibbi and others v. Azhar Iqbal (WP No. 359/2022) is available for download here.
Aiema Asrar and Fatima Midrar are some of the youngest amicus ever to have been appointed by the Pindi Bench of the Lahore High Court.