ENACTMENT No. 2 Of 1984 ISLAMIC CIVIL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 1979
PART VIII - PLEADINGS
Section 55. Form of defence.
Every defence shall-
(a) either admit or deny every material allegation of fact in the statement of claim; a denial must not be evasive, but must answer the point of substance;
(b) state concisely any new facts on which the defendant relies by way of defence or in mitigation of damages;
(c) raise concisely and without argument any necessary matters of law; and