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
MAY 28, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH CONVICT SENT TO GALLOWS IN MIANWALI
A death convict who had killed 3 persons was hanged in Central jail Mianwali on 4 May 2019.
MAY 17, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF THREE CONVICTS
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on 16 May 2019 upheld the death sentence of three convicts and acquitted two others in the lynching and burning alive of a Christian couple who were accused of blasphemy in Kasur’s Kot Radha Kishan in the year 2014.
MAY 13, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SHC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES FOR SHAHRUKH JATOI, SIRAJ TALPUR IN SHAHZEB MURDER CASE
The Sindh High Court on 13 May 2019 commuted the death sentences handed to Shahrukh Jatoi and Siraj Talpur in the Shahzeb Khan murder case into life imprisonment as it announced its verdict on their appeals against conviction in the case.
MAY 8, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYASIA BIBI, CHRISTIAN CLEARED OF BLASPHEMY CHARGES, LEAVES PAKISTAN FOR CANADA
A Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan after being found guilty of blasphemy — a conviction that was later overturned — has arrived in Canada, her lawyer said on 8 May 2019.
APRIL 19, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 78% DEATH PENALTY CASES OVERTURNED BY SC
Criminal law barrister at Doughty Street Chambers Timothy Moloney QC and UK-based non-governmental organisation ‘Reprieve’ Director Maya Foa met Federal Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Dr Muhammad Farogh Naseem on 19 April 2019 and presented a repo
APRIL 17, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO TERRORISTS EXECUTED IN SAHIWAL JAIL
Two terrorists Waseem Nazir and Rana Abdul Haq were hanged in Sahiwal Security Jail and they were involved in killing of four persons in Sheikhupura during Robbery cases in 2001, urdupoint reported on 16 April 2019.
APRIL 11, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH CONVICT HANGED IN MIANWALI CENTRAL JAIL
A death convict has been hanged in central jail Mianwali. According to media reports, death convict Abdul Jabbar alias Bhopa had gunned down his relative 15 years ago on petty domestic problem in Ghala Mandi.
APRIL 5, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DUAL MURDER CASE IN OKARA
A court on 4 April 2019 sentenced two accused to death and awarded seven years to another in a murder case in Okara. The judgment was announced by Additional Sessions Judge Mushtaq Ahmed.
APRIL 1, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN SCRAPS TRIALS BEFORE MILITARY COURTS AFTER 4 YEARS
Pakistan scrapped terrorism trials before special military courts after the tribunals' mandate expired on 1 April 2019, ending a measure that had been in place for over four years to help authorities curb militant attacks, a government minister said.
MARCH 28, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SHC ANNULS DEATH PENALTY
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on 21 March 2019 annulled the death sentence of two accused and released them in the case of firing on a police vehicle.
- MARCH 20, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
One executed for murder
7 March 2018: Shaukat alias Shauki, was executed in the Kot Lakhpat Jail for murder .
- MARCH 20, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
One executed for murder
30 Janaury 2018: Faisal Sheraz, was executed for murder in the Peshawar Central Prison, after spending 11 years in the death row.