After the 18th amendment in the constitution, provinces in Pakistan received the right to make their own regulations and rules. It gives the federal government power to establish rules for issuing firearm licenses via notification in the Official Gazette. The main law dealing with firearm possession, sales, and purchase in Pakistan is the Pakistan Arms Ordinance of 1965. As of 2018, the homicide rate is 3.8 per 100,000 population, lower than the United States at 4.96 per 100,000 population.
In a comparison of the number of privately-owned guns in 230 countries, Pakistan ranks 24th in the world. The rate of private gun ownership is 22.3 firearms per 100 people. Īccording to the Small Arms Survey of 2017, an estimated 44 million firearms were owned by the public, of which 6 million were registered.
Gun laws in Pakistan allow for the ownership of firearms in the country by the general population.
The rifle license fee has been increased from Rs 9,000 to Rs 15,000 with a five-year renewal.Īccording to a statement issued by the Home and Tribal Affairs Department, the fee for conversion of old license copy into computerized card license has been increased from Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000, while the fee for conversion of All Pakistan old license copy to computerized card has also been increased from Rs 8,500 to Rs 10,000.Laws concerning firearm usage in Pakistan The license fee for all-Pakistan revolvers or pistols has been increased from Rs 9,000 to Rs 15,000 with a five-year renewal. The fee for shotgun rifles within the province has been increased from Rs 4,000 to Rs 10,000 with a five-year renewal. 20,000 following the five years renewal policy.Īccording to the new schedule released on yesterday, the fee for a pistol or revolver for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with a five-year renewal from Rs 4,000 as per the rate proposed in the budget for the current financial year. ABBOTTABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 5th Jul, 2022 ) :The provincial government on Tuesday increased the arms license fee from Rs.