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 14, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 6,161 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW
A total of 6,161 Pakistani prisoners were on death row in 2024 (Statistics updated on 30th Sep, 2024), an increase from last year’s 6,039, according to a report by Justice Project Pakistan (JPP).
OCTOBER 2, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: LHC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY AGAINST 14 GANG MEMBERS
The Multan Bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) on September 12, 2024 upheld death sentence handed down to 14 members of the Chhotu Gang of the riverine area in a case of killing six policemen.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY ON WHATSAPP
Shagufta Kiran, a 40-year-old Pakistani Christian woman, was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to death under Article 295-C of the Penal Code for defaming the Prophet Muhammad through a message on the social media WhatsApp, Agenzia Fides reported on
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SHANGLA COURT AWARDS DEATH TO FOUR IN MURDER CASE
Shangla District and sessions judge on September 21, 2024 handed down death sentence to four ‘contract killers’ and life imprisonment to five others for killing three brothers and their father over property dispute in Bagyar area of Puran in 2021.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR INSULTING PROPHET MUHAMMAD ON SOCIAL MEDIA
A Pakistan court awarded a death sentence to a man from the Punjab province for insulting the Prophet Muhammad on social media, a court official said on September 14, 2024.
AUGUST 7, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR IN KARACHI GET DEATH FOR KIDNAP, MURDER & RAPE OF TWO BOYS
A Karachi anti-terrorism court (ATC) sentenced four men to death for abducting and killing two minor boys as well as for raping them and demanding ransom, Dawn reported on August 2, 2024.
- JULY 30, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
Mardan Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on July 27, 2024 convicted a man of committing blasphemy and sentenced him to death along with a fine of Rs100,000.
JULY 25, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2021 MURDER IN KORANGI
A model court in Pakistan on July 24, 2024 sentenced four men to death for murdering a teacher over a monetary issue.
JULY 22, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MOBILE SNATCHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING KARACHI YOUTH
A sessions court in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on July 13, 2024 sentenced a convict to death on charges of killing a youth in 2018 for resisting robbery.
- JULY 15, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TORCHING WIFE
Special Judge of the Anti-Terrorism Court in Sahiwal, Ziaullah Khan, has sentenced Tariq Sheikh to two death penalties and imposed a fine of Rs1 million for burning his wife, Shazia, alive, The Tribune reported on June 30, 2024.
- JULY 11, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: YOUNG CHRISTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
The Anti-Terrorism Court in Sahiwal has sentenced the young Christian Ehsan Shan to death for allegedly sharing a blasphemous post on social media, considered the cause of the violence in Jaranwala on August 16, 2023.
- JULY 10, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO MURDER CONVICTS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DIFFERENT MURDER CASES
An Attock court has awarded capital punishment to two convicts on charges of killing two persons in two different murder cases registered against them in Jand and Bassal Police stations respectively, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported on July 3, 20