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
AUGUST 8, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER ACCUSED AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
Additional Session Judge Rehmat Ali awarded the death penalty to an accused of murder case in Multan on July 21, 2023.
JUNE 7, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN BLASPHEMY CASE
The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Pakistan's Mardan on May 30, 2023 convicted a man of committing blasphemy and sentenced him to death along with a fine of Rs 4,00,000, Pakistan-based The News International newspaper reported.
JUNE 1, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: YOUNG CHRISTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ALLEGED BLASPHEMY THROUGH WHATSAPP
Nouman Asghar, a 24-year-old Christian from the city of Bahawalpur, in Punjab, was sentenced to death for blasphemy on May 30, 2023 by a court of first instance in Bahawalpur.
MAY 25, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR GET DEATH PENALTY ON TWO COUNTS FOR MURDER DURING ARMED ROBBERY
A Karachi West district model trial court handed down death penalty on two counts to each of the four suspects accused of killing a man and injuring two others during an armed robbery, The Tribune Express reported on May 16, 2023.
MAY 18, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING FATHER
A Pakistani District and Sessions Court on May 17, 2023 awarded death sentence to an accused involved in the murder of his father.
- MAY 10, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SHC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO MURDERERS TO LIFE TERM
The Sindh High Court on May 8, 2023 commuted the death penalty of two appellants to life imprisonment in a murder case.
- APRIL 27, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SHC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE INTO LIFE TERM IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
The Sindh High Court on April 17, 2023 commuted the death sentence handed down to a man into life imprisonment in a triple murder case.
- APRIL 18, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SINDH HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
The Sindh High Court on April 5, 2023 upheld the death sentence handed down to a man by the trial court in a double murder case.
APRIL 13, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING HIS MINOR DAUGHTER
A man was sentenced to death in Pakistan on April 7, 2023 for raping his minor daughter in the country's Punjab province.
- MARCH 30, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY LARKANA COURT FOR KILLING POLICEMAN
The Model Criminal Trial Court, Larkana, on 29 March 2023 awarded death sentence to three suspects and imposed on them Rs1,500,000 fine each after finding them guilty of killing a police constable Nadeem Lashari over a land dispute.
- MARCH 27, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE OVER BLASPHEMOUS CONTENT ON WHATSAPP
A Muslim man in Pakistan has been awarded a death sentence over blasphemous content on a WhatsApp group.
MARCH 20, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ZAHIR JAFFER GETS DOUBLE DEATH SENTENCE IN NOOR MUKADAM MURDER CASE
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on 13 March 2023 maintained the death sentence of accused Zahir Jaffar in the Noor Mukadam murder case, upholding the trial court's decision.