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
JANUARY 23, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DRUG DEALER GETS DEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge (ASJ) Muhammad Tahir Aslam awarded death penalty and imposed Rs100,000 on a drug dealer in Muzaffargarh on January 15, 2024.
JANUARY 17, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FATHER
A man was sentenced to death in Pakistan on December 29, 2023 after he was found guilty of killing his father with repeated strokes of a scissors on October 26, 2020 in the Langha village, located along the border of Khairpur district.
JANUARY 15, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS GENERAL MUSHARRAF’S DEATH SENTENCE, A YEAR AFTER HIS DEATH
The Pakistan Supreme Court on January 10, 2024 upheld late former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf's death penalty awarded to him in 2019 in connection with a high treason case, Geo TV reported.
- DECEMBER 30, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SENATE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE VOTES AGAINST PUBLIC HANGING FOR RAPISTS
Pakistan’s Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights passed a resolution on December 30, 2023 against a proposal to impose the death penalty by public hanging of capital offenders and rapists in particular.
- DECEMBER 21, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SHAHNAWAZ AMIR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SARAH INAM’S MURDER CASE
An Islamabad trial court on December 14, 2023 sentenced Shahnawaz Amir to death for the murder of Sarah Inam and imposed a fine of Rs1 million on him, which would be paid to the bereaved family.
- DECEMBER 3, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FAMOUS TIK TOKER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The District and Sessions Courts in Islamabad on November 30, 2023 awarded death penalty to a famous TikToker on charge of murder, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
NOVEMBER 30, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Attock court on November 29, 2023 sentenced a man to death in a murder case registered with Attock Sadsar police station in 2020.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: GIRL EXECUTED BY HER OWN FAMILY IN HONOUR KILLING
An 18-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her own family after being sentenced to death by village elders for dancing with a boy in a viral social media video in Pakistan.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Muzaffargarh Additional District and Sessions Judge Tariq Maqsood sentenced a man to death for murder and imposed a fine of Rs500,000, Dawn reported on November 4, 2023.
NOVEMBER 2, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCE IN FIVE PEOPLE'S MURDER CASE
Three men were sentenced to death on five counts each in a case involving the murder of five people in Barki area, Dunya News reported on October 31, 2023.
OCTOBER 31, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: PHC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF CONVICT IN MULTIPLE MURDER CASE
Peshawar High Court has commuted death sentence awarded to a convict to life imprisonment for killing four of his close family members including his father and brother in Nowshera district around six years ago, Dawn reported on October 30, 2023.
OCTOBER 25, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: RAPIST, KILLER OF YOUNG GIRL SENTENCED TO DEATH ON THREE COUNTS
Peshawar Judge of Child Protection Court, Hina Mehwish, on October 19, 2023 awarded three death sentences and a fine of Rs one million to an accused for molesting and later burning the body of an eight-year-old girl.