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Right after the independence of Pakistan from the United Kingdom in 1947, women's struggle started against the Khul' and Faskh rulings in Pakistan. The Supreme Court of Pakistan sided with the rights of women and allowed them to take divorce through Khul' and even without paying the ransom money. In 1971, when East Pakistan gained independence and became Bangladesh, they then followed that modification Khul' as had been ruled by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.<ref>Judicial Law-Making: An Analysis of Case Law on Khul‘ in [https://www.iiu.edu.pk/wp-content/uploads/downloads/journals/ilr/volume1/num-1/Article_1_Vol1_1_010817.pdf Pakistan]</ref> | Right after the independence of Pakistan from the United Kingdom in 1947, women's struggle started against the Khul' and Faskh rulings in Pakistan. The Supreme Court of Pakistan sided with the rights of women and allowed them to take divorce through Khul' and even without paying the ransom money. In 1971, when East Pakistan gained independence and became Bangladesh, they then followed that modification Khul' as had been ruled by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.<ref>Judicial Law-Making: An Analysis of Case Law on Khul‘ in [https://www.iiu.edu.pk/wp-content/uploads/downloads/journals/ilr/volume1/num-1/Article_1_Vol1_1_010817.pdf Pakistan]</ref> | ||
Also during this period the women's rights struggle succeeded in reducing the time period in the Faskh rulings in favor of women. | Also during this period the women's rights struggle succeeded in reducing the time period in the Faskh rulings in favor of women. | ||