The colonial rule of west left ineffaceable imprints over the discourse of Law and on its practice in India. The Public and private sphere of life dealt by two different laws; secular and religious respectively. The economic needs of Raj in India were forced British to collaborate with local notables, women of India and then subsequently of Pakistan denied any opportunity or freedom promised by colonial government. Those coded personal laws to this day in Pakistan is one of the reason hurting the effort of Pakistani women in getting her rightful place in society.
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