Pakistan
2026
STATUSRetentionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES15
- 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
NOVEMBER 7, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: siblings acquitted in blasphemy case after 20 years
OCTOBER 27, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: two sentenced to death in kidnap case in Karachi
OCTOBER 17, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: four sentenced to death in Lahore in 2022 blasphemy case
- OCTOBER 13, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan: SC upholds killer’s death sentence after marriage refusal
OCTOBER 7, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: court upholds Christian’s blasphemy death sentence
SEPTEMBER 29, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: Man gets death penalty for abducting, killing lawyer in 2020
SEPTEMBER 16, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: man sentenced to death for killing mother in KP
SEPTEMBER 12, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: PHC upholds death penalty for man convicted of killing wife
SEPTEMBER 9, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: LHC acquits death-row prisoner after nearly seven years
AUGUST 31, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: ASI sentenced to death for killing two brothers in Swabi
AUGUST 30, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: Man sentenced to death, brother gets life term for double murder in 2021
- AUGUST 15, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan: SC upholds death sentence in ex-wife’s murder