Quick answer: There is no single official total. The federal government’s Pakistan Code portal hosts nearly 1,000 federal statutes (943 at its August 2023 launch, about 995 by early 2024). Add each province’s own hundreds of laws — Punjab, Sindh, KP and Balochistan all legislate separately — plus rules, regulations and ordinances, and the full statute book runs into several thousand laws.
The federal count
The cleanest number comes from the Pakistan Code portal (pakistancode.gov.pk), launched by the Prime Minister on 8 August 2023 as the digital repository of federal law. It opened with 943 federal laws dating back to 1839; by February 2024 the Law Ministry reported 995 laws hosted. The portal keeps growing as older statutes are digitised and new acts are added — 2026 entries are already listed.
The provincial layer
Since the 18th Amendment (2010) devolved major subjects, the provinces are prolific legislators. Each province maintains its own statute book — Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan each have hundreds of provincial acts covering police, local government, education, health and more. None of these appear in the federal count.
Rules and regulations
Beneath every act sit rules, regulations, notifications and SROs that make the act work — often outnumbering the acts themselves several times over. A single tax statute can generate hundreds of SROs. Anyone counting “laws” who includes subordinate legislation quickly reaches five figures.
Why the number moves
Parliament and the four provincial assemblies pass new laws every session while old ones are repealed or consolidated — the total is a moving target. For exams, the safe answer is: nearly 1,000 federal statutes on the official portal, with several thousand laws nationwide including provincial legislation. Browse the system they belong to in the complete Pakistan law guide.
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Frequently asked questions
How many federal laws does Pakistan have?
Nearly 1,000 — the official Pakistan Code portal hosted 943 at launch (August 2023) and about 995 by early 2024, and keeps growing.
How many laws are there in total in Pakistan?
Several thousand — roughly a thousand federal statutes plus hundreds of provincial laws per province, before counting rules and regulations.
Where is the official list of Pakistani laws?
The Pakistan Code portal (pakistancode.gov.pk) for federal laws; each province publishes its own statutes separately.
