Pakistan, Aug. 12 -- The Supreme Court has held that a power of attorney authorizing a person to sell immovable property also includes, unless expressly restricted, the authority to enter into an agreement to sell the property.

A two-member bench comprising Justice Musarrat Hilali and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan gave the ruling while deciding two civil appeals concerning agricultural land. The court set aside a March 30, 2012 judgment of the Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur Bench, and restored the concurrent judgments of the subordinate courts.

According to the detailed judgment, a registered power of attorney executed on August 31, 1977 had been duly proved in accordance with law, and Ahmad Din had been authorized by Ghulam Bari to execut...