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
JULY 7, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FIVE CONVICTS GET DEATH OVER MURDER CHARGES
Two sessions courts of Rawalpindi on 30 June 2021 sentenced five convicts to death and awarded longer jail sentences to two in separate murder cases.
JUNE 17, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO CLERICS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING AND MURDERING STUDENT
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan on 14 June 2021 sentenced two clerics to death after finding them guilty of kidnapping a 15-year-old student for ransom and later murdering him.
JUNE 6, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT ACQUITS CHRISTIAN COUPLE OF ‘BLASPHEMY’
A Pakistani court on 3 June 2021 acquitted a Christian couple who have spent seven years on death row for alleged blasphemy, their lawyer says, in a case that rights groups have long singled out for fair trial issues.
JUNE 1, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO MURDERERS AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE BY PINDI COURT
The Rawalpindi District Session Court on 31 May 2021 awarded a death sentence to two accused in a murder case.
MAY 19, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY AWARDED TO MURDER CONVICT COMMUTED TO LIFE SENTENCE
The Sindh High Court commuted on 18 May 2021 the death sentence awarded to a murder convict into life imprisonment.
- MAY 11, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA TO RELEASE 1,100 PAKISTANI PRISONERS
Pakistan on 10 May 2021 said that 1,100 of its nationals imprisoned in Saudi Arabia will return to the country soon after agreements were reached with Riyadh on the release of inmates.
- MAY 4, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN DECRIES EU PARLIAMENT’S MOVE ON BLASPHEMY LAWS
Pakistan on 30 April 2021 decried a move by the European Parliament, which a day earlier adopted a resolution demanding Islamabad allow freedom for religious minorities.
MAY 1, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED 4 COUNTS OF DEATH PENALTY IN QUADRUPLE MURDER CASE
A man convicted of killing four people in Rawalpindi Airport area has been handed four counts of death penalty, two life terms, 25 years imprisonment and Rs3.4 million in fines and compensation to victim families, The Nation reported on 28 April 2021.
- APRIL 13, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN, SON SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER
A Mardan court on 1 April 2021 awarded a death sentence to a man and his son for stabbing to death his wife.
APRIL 8, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY, LIFE TERM IN MURDER CASE
Sargodha additional district and Session Judge, Khalid Wazir on 6 April 2021 awarded death sentence to a man and another to life imprisonment of 32-year in a murder case in Factory Area police limits.
APRIL 6, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SINDH HIGH COURT COMMUTES THREE DEATH SENTENCES
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on 5 April 2021 commuted the death sentences that had been handed down against three men to life imprisonment, in two separate cases.
- MARCH 31, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SHC COMMUTES MAN’S DEATH SENTENCE INTO LIFE TERM
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on 30 March 2021 commuted the death sentence of a convicted man into life term in a murder case of his wife.