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 2, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: LHC ACQUITS DEATH ROW PRISONER IN WOMAN’S MURDER CASE
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on October 1, 2025 acquitted Sarfraz Ahmed, a death row prisoner, in a woman’s murder case registered at Ghalib Market police station, citing non-matching DNA evidence and flaws in the investigation.
- JULY 22, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SENATE PASSES BILL TO END DEATH PENALTY FOR KEY OFFENCES
A bill seeking to abolish the death penalty for harbouring hijackers and for publicly stripping a woman of her clothes was passed on July 18, 2025 by the Senate amidst voices of dissent from both sides of the aisle.
JULY 21, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO MURDER ACCUSED
Gujrat district and sessions judge awarded the death sentence to a murder accused and also imposed a fine of Rs0.5 million.
- JULY 15, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINIOT
The Additional Sessions Judge in Chiniot, Imtiaz Nadeem on July 14, 2025 sentenced Altaf Hussain to death twice and imposed a fine for his involvement in a double murder case.
JULY 2, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: PHC UPHOLDS MAN’S DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING MINOR DAUGHTER
Peshawar High Court has upheld sentence of death awarded to a convict by a trial court for killing his five-year-old daughter over suspicion of her legitimacy, Dawn reported on June 30, 2025.
- JUNE 11, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COURT CLERK SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR LAWYER'S MURDER
A Dera Ghazi Khan court clerk has been sentenced to death and fined Rs600,000 after being found guilty of murdering a junior lawyer within the premises of the district court.
JUNE 9, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: NINE SPECIAL PERSONS ON DEATH ROW IN PUNJAB PRISONS
At least nine physically disabled male prisoners are currently on death row across Punjab’s 43 operational jails, according to official data released by the office of IGP Prisons.
- MAY 27, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE-MURDER OF STEPSISTER
Rawalpindi Additional District and Sessions Judge Afshan Ijaz Sufi has sentenced a man, Azhar, to two counts of death penalty, seven years in prison, and a fine of Rs400,000 after he was found guilty of raping and brutally murdering his minor stepsister a
- MAY 25, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SECTARIAN MURDER OF TWO RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS IN 2016
An anti-terrorism court on May 15, 2025 sentenced Syed Mohsin Talha, aka Pagal, to death on four counts for the targeted killings of two ulemas — Mufti Ghulam Akbar and Mufti Kamran Hussain.
MAY 21, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS ZAHIR JAFFER'S DEATH SENTENCE
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on May 20, 2025 upheld the death penalty of Zahir Zakir Jaffer, a Pakistani-American, who was convicted of murdering 27-year-old Noor Mukadam, daughter of a former diplomat, a lawyer of Mukadam’s father said.
MAY 11, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING COUSIN OVER PROPERTY ISSUE
Rawalpindi female additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) on May 10, 2025 handed down death sentence to a 22-year-old woman for killing her paternal cousin over property and marriage issues.
MAY 7, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OVER COLD CURRY
Sargodha Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Aslam sentenced a man to death for killing his daughter-in-law over serving cold curry and acquitted.