This dataset contains structured and machine-readable data extracted from 8 major Pakistani legal documents, parsed from official PDF versions. It covers Family Law, Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, Property Law, and Evidence Law. Designed for use in legal AI, RAG pipelines, and LLM fine-tuning. Built as part of the paper:"Enhancing Legal Assistance with Large Language Models: A Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning and Retrieval-Augmented Generation Approach" — Ahmed et al., submitted to PLOS ONE, 2025. Files included:- combined_legal_dataset.csv: Merged file combining all laws- 2-limitation-act-1908: Legal time limits for civil suits- Code_of_Criminal_Procedure: Procedural rules for criminal trials- Muslim_Family_Laws_Ordinance_1961: Marriage, divorce, inheritance- Pakistan_Penal_Code: Penal offenses and punishments- Police_law: Police powers and duties- Transfer_property: Property transfer, sales, mortgage, lease- qanun-e-shahadat_1984: Law of evidence All files follow schema: Book | Chapter Number | Chapter Title | Section | Heading | Definition For research purposes only. Not a substitute for professional legal advice.