Pakistan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- federal parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- April 12, 1973. Suspended and reintroduced several times, last on December 15, 2007. Amended last on April 19, 2010.
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- common law adapted to the Islamic state
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, heads appointed by the president; Federal Islamic Court
RELIGIONS
Muslim majority; Hindu and Christian minorities
From the country
FEBRUARY 10, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR BOY
A Lahore sessions court has handed down death penalty to a man for raping and killing a three-old-boy in 2017, The Dawn reported on 4 February 2022.
JANUARY 27, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: KARACHI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN WIFE’S MURDER CASE
A model court has handed down death sentence to a man for burning his wife to death over a domestic dispute, Dawn reported on 26 January 2022.
JANUARY 26, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, THREE CHILDREN
An antiterrorism court on 20 January 2022 awarded death sentence to a convict for murdering his wife, two minor children and a minor brother-in-law over domestic issues in 2017.
JANUARY 20, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TEXTING CARICATURES OF PROPHET
A Muslim woman was sentenced to death in Pakistan on 19 January 2022 after being convicted of sending a blasphemous text message and caricatures of Prophet Muhammad via WhatsApp, a court said.
JANUARY 17, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABDUCTION CASE IN GILGIT
Gilgit anti-terrorism court on 13 Janury 2022 sentenced five accused to death for kidnapping and torturing a youth and posting his obscene videos on social media.
JANUARY 13, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2021 JOHAR TOWN EXPLOSION
A pakistani anti-terrorism court on 12 January 2022 sentenced four men to death for their involvement in a car bombing last year that killed four people near the residence of Jamat ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed in Johar Town.
JANUARY 11, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH ON BLASPHEMY CHARGES
A Christian man on 6 January 2022 was sentenced to death in Pakistan a decade after he was charged with blasphemy.
DECEMBER 28, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BLASPHEMY
A Peshawar court on 23 December 2021 convicted a 42-year-old man of committing blasphemy through uploading a video on the internet and sentenced him to death along with a fine of Rs100,000.
DECEMBER 16, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Taxila court on 13 December 2021 sentenced a man to death for murdering a former councillor during a reconciliation meeting in Mohallah Warrian in Taxila police area in August 2019.
DECEMBER 1, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: KP CABINET OKAYS DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILD ABUSERS
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet on 30 November 2021 approved the capital punishment for child abusers, which would be implemented after approval by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.
NOVEMBER 25, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN RECEIVES DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING DAUGHTER
A local court in the Hafizabad District of Punjab on 24 November 2021 sentenced a man to capital punishment for raping his own daughter.
NOVEMBER 23, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY ACQUITTED
A Christian in Pakistan incarcerated for nearly 10 years on a blasphemy conviction was released from prison on 9 November 2021 after a high court acquitted him.