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
OCTOBER 26, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN HANDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING COP
An Anti-terrorism court (ATC) awarded on 22 October 2020 two death sentences to a man for killing a police official during a bank robbery attempt.
OCTOBER 21, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ATC ANNOUNCES DEATH SENTENCE TO 3 KIDNAPPERS
The Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) no. III, Rawalpindi Judge Raja Pervez Akhtar on 20 October 2020 awarded two times death sentence to each accused involved in kidnapping of 14-years old girl, student of class 8.
OCTOBER 7, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: HIGH COURT ACQUITS CHRISTIAN ON DEATH ROW FOR BLASPHEMY
A high court in Pakistan on 6 October 2020 acquitted a Christian man who had been sentenced to death on blasphemy charges in 2014.
OCTOBER 5, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: VEHARI MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE, MURDERS OF TWO MINOR GIRLS
A local court in Mailsi, Punjab province, on 3 October 2020 sentenced a man to death for raping and murdering two minor girls after kidnapping them over 11 months ago.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN FACTORY FIRE CASE
A Pakistani court on 22 September 2020 handed death sentences to two accused and life imprisonment to four others in a 2012 factory fire case, court records and lawyers said.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHILD RAPIST SENTENCED TO DEATH THREE TIMES
The Sessions Court in Sahiwal on 21 September 2020 handed down a major verdict in the rape and murder case.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: KARACHI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BLUE CAR ROBBERY-MURDER CASE
A model court in Karachi sentenced on 16 September 2020 a man to death in the infamous blue car robbery-murder case.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH IN GANG-RAPE CASE
Two rapists were handed down death sentence and a Rs200,000 fine each in Sheikhupura by Additional District and Sessions Court Judge Azhar Iqbal Ranjha on 10 September 2020.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 'BLASPHEMOUS TEXTS'
A court in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on 8 September 2020 sentenced a Christian man to death for having committed "blasphemy", his lawyer said.
JULY 30, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH ROW CONVICTS FREED DUE TO ‘LIFE EXPECTANCY RIGHT’
The Supreme Court has overturned death sentence of two brothers – Sikandar Hayat and Jamshed Ali – who have spent 27 years of their lives in jail on account of “the right of expectancy of life”.
- JULY 29, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MUSLIM ACCUSED OF INSULTING ISLAM KILLED IN COURT
A young Pakistani Muslim walked into a courtroom in the northwestern city of Peshawar on 29 July 2020 and shot and killed a fellow Muslim who was on trial for blasphemy, a police officer said.
JULY 1, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CONVICT SET FREE AFTER SPENDING 21 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
Muhammad Iqbal, who spent the last 21 years on death row for a crime he was convicted of committing when he was a juvenile, has been released, according to the Justice Project Pakistan (JPP).