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 25, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 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.
APRIL 27, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN IS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY IN AFTER 'DESECRATING THE KORAN'
A Christian man in the eastern Pakistani town of Jaranwala on April 21, 2025 was sentenced to death after being accused of desecrating the Koran, the Muslim holy book.
APRIL 20, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF US NATIONAL EX-WIFE
An additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) in Rawalpindi on April 9, 2025 handed down death sentence to a man for killing his US national ex-wife over an issue of property worth billions of rupees.
APRIL 6, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MUSLIM GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING CHRISTIAN MAN
A judge in Pakistan on March 27, 2025 sentenced to death a Muslim who murdered a 20-year-old Christian in the presence of his family members, sources said.
- APRIL 1, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH, FINE IN MURDER CASE
Okara court of additional session judge (ASJ) on March 27, 2025 handed down capital punishment to a man, along with Rs0.5 million fine, in a murder case, besides seven-year jail term under Arms Ordinance, with 20,000 fine, in the same case.
MARCH 29, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FIVE TO HANG FOR BLASPHEMY
A court in Rawalpindi on March 22, 2025 awarded death penalty to five accused, along with life imprisonment and a cumulative sum of Rs6.5 million in fines in a blasphemy case registered against them by the Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Age
MARCH 27, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HONOUR KILLING IN TOBA TEK SINGH
A court in Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan, on March 24, 2025 sentenced two men to death for the murder of Maria Bibi, who was killed by her father and brother in March 2024.
MARCH 17, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RANSOM-MURDER CASE
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan sentenced two criminals to death in a ransom cum murder case, the Tribune reported on March 9, 2025.
MARCH 5, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FELLOW KILN WORKER
A murder convict was sentenced to death in Pakistan on February 24, 2025 for killing his fellow worker at a brick kiln located in Dandi area of Attock, in the limits of Pindigheb Police station, on April 28, 2024.