Inheritance Law for Women in Pakistan and its Impact  Inheritance is the right of an heir to succeed to property on the death of an ancestor or something that may legally be transmitted to an heir according to William James Stewart. "According to the research carried out by the National Commission on the Status of Women under United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) revealed that the concept of inheritance was evolved centuries ago as a deviation from the custom of burying wealth, widows, and slaves along with the deceased and continued to persist strictly under the patriarchal domain." According to the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan, Article 23 states: "Every citizen shall have the right to acquire, hold and dispose of property in any part of Pakistan, subject to the Constitution and any reasonable restrictions imposed by law in the public interest". Pakistan being an Islamic country tends to follow Islamic Inheritance Jurisprudence particularly with regards to the matters of inheritance. According to Sharia, the legal heirs that are blood relations have a right to inherit from the property of the ancestor or a relative after their death. Chapter four of the Quran called Surah An-Nisa narrates the appropriate method that must be followed to determine the share in inheritance. The practice of acquiring property rights for women in Pakistan is however not effortless despite the constitutional law claiming otherwise. According to the Section 498-A of the Prevention of Anti-Women Practices Act of 2011 (Criminal Law Amendment), depriving women of inheriting property by deceitful or illegal means shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to a time period of ten years but not less than five years. The convicted person may be fined of one million rupees and imprisoned at the same time. According to a survey conducted in January 2017, released during a press release by a non-governmental organisation, AGHS legal aid cell, revealed that 80 per cent women reported not getting their legal share in inheritance. The West Pakistan Muslim Personal Law also known as Shariat Act 1962 and Muslim Family Law Ordinance of 1961, protect the rights of legal heirs. However, there is no specific law in the Constitution that serves to strictly prevent denial of inheritance rights to women. While the Islamic and municipal law promise equal rights to women, the societal practice makes no such guarantee. Pakistan has also ratified several international conventions promoting gender equality such as the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women CEDAW and International Labor Organization ILO core convention 100 on equal remuneration for women. The denial and inaccessibility of property share to women is highest in Balochistan, as restriction on selection of profession is 66 percent, selection of spouse 77.1 percent, freedom of traveling 66.13 percent, problem in keeping contacts with others 64.97 percent and the denial of the right to inheritance is 100 percent.