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Section 1. Title and extent of operation of the Code. This Act shall be called the Pakistan Penal Code, and shall take effect throughout Pakistan. Section 4; The provisions of this Code apply also to any offence committed by:- (1) any citizen of Pakistan or any person in the service of Pakistan in any place without and beyond Pakistan;
Violence against women in Pakistan, particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence, is a major public health problem and a violation of women's human rights in Pakistan. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Women in Pakistan mainly encounter violence by being forced into marriage , through workplace sexual harassment , domestic violence and by honour ...
The ongoing Kacha Operation, conducted by Pakistani police and security forces in Sadiqabad, Punjab, aims to eradicate bandits safe havens and restore peace. Initiated in response to a deadly attack by a gang at Chowk Mahi in October 2021, which resulted in the loss of nine lives due to indiscriminate shooting, the operation seeks to ensure the ...
Extortion, which is not limited to the taking of property, involves the verbal or written instillation of fear that something will happen to the victim if they do not comply with the extortionist's will. Another key distinction is that extortion always involves a verbal or written threat, [1] whereas robbery may not.
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Pakistan. Although there have been numerous amendments to the Constitution, there is yet to be a provision prohibiting the death penalty as a punitive remedy. [1] [2] A moratorium on executions was imposed in 2008. No executions occurred from 2009 to 2011, with 1 in 2012 and 0 in 2013. [3]
Prisons in Pakistan and their administration, is a Provincial competency under the Constitution of Pakistan. [1] Pakistan has the 23rd largest prison population in the world [ 2 ] and the 5th largest death row population. [ 3 ]
The Hudud Ordinances are laws in Pakistan enacted in 1979 as part of the Islamization of Pakistan by Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the sixth president of Pakistan.It replaced parts of the British-era Pakistan Penal Code, adding new criminal offences of adultery and fornication, and new punishments of whipping, amputation, and stoning to death.
Printable version; In other projects ... Capital punishment in Pakistan ... People executed by Pakistan (7 C, 1 P) P. Recipients of Pakistani presidential pardons (3 P)