Criminal Laws

Here you may find information about criminal law in Pakistan. Our dedicated team of professional lawyers best assists their clients in criminal litigation in Pakistan.

Criminal Law is a specialized field of practice encompassing all aspects that involve crime as a factor. Every act or omission that violates a command, derives its force from the legislature or authority – either political or religious – that has absolute sway over the matters of state, is considered to be a crime. This is the reason that the state stands as a prosecutor against the alleged culprit. The main intention of criminal law is to maintain the sway of the state in all matters involving acts or omissions: no act or omission that challenges the sway of the state can be allowed by the criminal law of the state.

Pakistan has a comprehensive criminal law that, although somewhat outdated, effectively covers all aspects that constitute a crime. To understand the criminal law in Pakistan, one needs to understand the socio-cultural context of this country as well. Most of the criminal law prevailing in Pakistan was introduced by the British Empire when India was a colony and Pakistan was part of it. Even then, care was taken to understand the social conditions, and an attempt was made to condition criminal law according to the cultural circumstances of the colony. This is the reason that it was willfully accepted by India and Pakistan both after their freedom from the British Empire. The Code of Criminal Procedure (V of 1898), which was implemented in the colony, remains essentially the prescribed criminal procedure followed by courts in Pakistan. Similarly, the Penal Code (XLV of 1860), introduced in the colony, is still followed mainly in the form of the Pakistan Penal Code.

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