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
MARCH 3, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY AS CASES SURGE
A court in Pakistan’s Lahore has sentenced a man to death for blasphemy, police said on February 27, 2025
FEBRUARY 12, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACQUITTED OF BLASPHEMY
A court in Pakistan on January 25, 2025 acquitted Christian twin brothers of a false blasphemy accusation as the prosecution failed to prove charges against them, their attorney said.
FEBRUARY 11, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COUPLE DURING HOUSE ROBBERY
Additional District and Sessions Judge (South) Abdul Hafeez Lashari, who conducted the trial at the judicial complex inside the central prison, Karachi, found Nawaz Khursheed guilty of murdering an elderly couple, Jawed Iftikhar and Salma, in their DHA Ph
JANUARY 29, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: IHC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF TWO CONVICTS TO LIFE TERM IN OSAMA SATTI MURDER CASE
The Islamabad High Court on January 22, 2025 commuted the death sentence of two convicts in Osama Satti murder case to life imprisonment and acquitting three others.
- JANUARY 27, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 4 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani court on January 25, 2025 sentenced four people to death for blasphemy
JANUARY 14, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: PESHAWAR HIGH COURT BLOCKS DEPORTATION OF OVER 100 AFGHAN MUSICIANS
The Peshawar High Court on January 10, 2025 issued an order preventing the forced deportation of more than 100 Afghan musicians who have sought political asylum in Pakistan, according to local media reports.
JANUARY 13, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN, SON AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING RELATIVE, HIS DAUGHTER OVER ‘HONOUR’
Jamshoro’s additional sessions court on January 10, 2025 sentenced a man and his son to death after they were found guilty of murdering a young woman and her father in the name of honour.
DECEMBER 10, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: BRITISH NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Sessions Court in Jhelum, Pakistan, on December 7, 2024 handed down a death sentence to a British national for the murder of his British-Pakistani uncle.
NOVEMBER 12, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BOY’S RAPE, MURDER CASE
A military court has sentenced a soldier to death in a case pertaining to rape and murder of a shepherd boy in Chhore, Dawn reported on November 9, 2024.
- OCTOBER 30, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR COPS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER FAKE ENCOUNTER
A Chak Jhumra court has sentenced four police personnel, including a head constable, to death and imposed a fine of Rs1 million for their involvement in a fabricated police encounter that occurred six years ago in the Millat Town area, The Tribune reporte
- OCTOBER 22, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN LABOUR LEADER’S MURDER CASE
A model court has handed down death sentence to a man in a five-year-old case pertaining to the murder of a labour leader, The News reported on October 19, 2024.
- OCTOBER 17, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BLASPHEMY CASE
A special Pakistani court has convicted a man on blasphemy charges, sentencing him to death along with life imprisonment, and imposing a fine of Rs 0.7 million.