ISLAMABAD – The Federal Shariat Court has declared that attempting suicide is a punishable offense, reinstating the relevant section of the law that was removed under the 2022 act.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rahman, Justice Muhammad Anwar Iqbal, and Justice Amir Khan delivered the reserved verdict.
The court also struck down the 2022 legislation, ruling it non-Islamic and accepting petitions challenging the law.
With this decision, the section of the Pakistan Penal Code that criminalizes attempted suicide has been restored, reversing the deletion made in 2022.
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