By Advocate Md. Shah Alam · 2026-08-25 · 11 minutes
Under the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961 (MFLO), a Muslim wife possesses the lawful power to pronounce divorce against her husband if such authority has been delegated under <strong>Column 18 of the Nikahnama, known as Talaq-e-Tawfeez</strong>. Authored by <a href="/advocate-md-shah-alam" style="color:var(--gold);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Advocate Md. Shah Alam</a>, Supreme Court Advocate. Call our Uttara chamber at <a href="tel:01712655546" style="color:var(--gold);font-weight:bold;">01712655546</a>.
Talaq-e-Tawfeez represents an irrevocable delegation of the marital dissolution power to the wife, allowing her to terminate the matrimonial knot smoothly without judicial intervention.
If Column 18 is blank, the wife can seek judicial dissolution before the Family Court on statutory grounds like cruelty, desertion, non-maintenance, or failure to perform marital obligations.
Exercising Talaq-e-Tawfeez does NOT extinguish or diminish the wife right to claim the entire prompt and deferred dower money stipulated in the marriage contract.
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The notice of divorce must be transmitted via Registered Post to the Chairman/Mayor and a copy to the husband. An Arbitration Council is constituted for 90 days before final certificate issuance.
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