Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pakistan

Dear Sir/ Madam, My son-in-law took Rs. 3,300,000 from me in cash for business. Only one-third was transferred via banking channel. The rest he took in cash. He admits receiving (telephone conversation recorded) 2,700,000. On my part, the amounts that were not sent through banking, have been written on the chequebook (I encashed cheques to withdraw and pay money to him, but without his signed receipts). The business deal was only verbal- a 50/50% split of profit from the end of year 2. He now also has different interpretation of what we had agreed. Despite a verbal reminder and promise by him over telephone in end 2016, he did not prepare any legal agreement. The record of the business expenses spanning over 18 months shows that a) it is hand prepared with same pen on a single day or within a short period of time on an ordinary notebook without any signatures, page marks, etc; b) there are no receipts of any spending/payment; c) there are no income statements or record so he wants me to trust whatever he says about income/loss. When I say that just return my amount, he says that it is invested in infrastructure and he has no cash to pay, when I say give me cheque for the amount that I can encash when the season ends, he does not give. I got his bank account checked and he has no cash, but the inward transactions of 1,100,000 are there. I suspect that he has other bank accounts, and has purchased plot in the name of his sister with my money, where he is constructing a house now.

Please tell me what are my options and what are the chances of my receiving my money back under Pakistani Law.

Many thanks

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