{
  "id": 16850685,
  "title": "Lahore High court rules against divorce-linked Quran oath",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/lahore-high-court-rules-against-divorce-linked-quran-oath-16850685",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T04:33:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2040316/lahore-high-court-rules-against-divorce-linked-quran-oath"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has held that an offer to settle a civil dispute through a “special oath” on the Holy Quran, coupled with a condition of divorce if the oath is false, is not a lawful offer. Justice Anwaar Hussain issued the ruling allowing a civil revision filed by Muhammad Azam Khan against Akhtar Khan and others. During a pending appeal before an appellate court, the petitioner…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/high-court-to-decide-on-asylum-seeker-detentions",
        "published": "2026-10-28T05:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}