Two Christian nurses have been acquitted of blasphemy in Pakistan, ending a case that began more than four years ago and ...

Lawmakers introduced the Pakistan Penal Code Amendment Bill 2025 in the National Assembly on Wednesday, proposing stricter ...

The European Union's envoy to Pakistan has appreciated the country's recent legal reforms, including amendments to the ...

President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi Friday approved the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill 2022, abolishing colonial law regarding the criminalisation of attempting suicide. The Bill repeals Section 325 ...

On Wednesday, Tahir Ahmad Naseem became the latest to be extrajudicially killed for blasphemy in Pakistan. The victim, who had formerly been an Ahmadi before leaving the community, had been under ...

Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. University of London law graduate Mariyam Taher Qayyum files this dispatch ...

Pakistan’s criminal law defines rape with apparent clarity, yet one exception continues to shape the boundaries of legal protection within marriage. Under Section 375 of the Pakistan Penal Code, ...

Noor Khan Baloch* is a digital rights activist and professional from Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s volatile Balochistan province. As a Pashtun-Baloch woman, Noor personifies the intersection of ...

In 1922, one of the most famous figures of the Indian Independence Movement, Mohandas Gandhi was charged with “sedition” under the Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code. While appearing at the British ...