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
APRIL 20, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KILLING OF SRI LANKAN
A Pakistan court on 18 April 2022 sentenced six people to death and nine others to life in prison after convicting them for their roles in last year’s vigilante killing of a Sri Lankan factory manager accused by workers of committing blasphemy.
MARCH 31, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PLAN TO BOMB THE SINDH ASSEMBLY
Two terrorists on 30 March 2022 were sentenced to death for their plot to blow up the Sindh Assembly and other government buildings in Karachi, while their three accomplices will serve three rigorous life sentences.
FEBRUARY 27, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: PAKISTANI-AMERICAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BEHEADING GIRLFRIEND
A Pakistan court sentenced the scion of a wealthy industrialist family to death on 24 February 2022, for raping and beheading his girlfriend in a murder that sparked an outcry over the brutalising of women in the deeply patriarchal nation.
FEBRUARY 23, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BLASPHEMY CASE
A Pakistani man from the minority Shia community has been sentenced to death by a court in Punjab province for defaming Islam, officials said on 23 February 2022.
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 PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 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 PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 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.