Pakistan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- federal parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- April 12, 1973. Suspended and reintroduced several times, last on December 15, 2007. Amended last on April 19, 2010.
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- common law adapted to the Islamic state
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, heads appointed by the president; Federal Islamic Court
RELIGIONS
Muslim majority; Hindu and Christian minorities
From the country
- DECEMBER 23, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
a primary court in Peshawar city in the North West Frontier Province of neighbouring Pakistan sentenced two Afghan nationals to death for killing their cousin
a primary court in Peshawar city in the North West Frontier Province of neighbouring Pakistan sentenced two Afghan nationals to death for killing their cousin
- DECEMBER 21, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Taliban militants executed two Afghan nationals in Pakistan's tribal areas, accusing them of spying for US-led forces in Afghanistan
Taliban militants executed two Afghan nationals in Pakistan's tribal areas, accusing them of spying for US-led forces in Afghanistan
- DECEMBER 20, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
District and Sessions Judge Sohail Nasir awarded the death sentence to an assailant convicted in a murder case
District and Sessions Judge Sohail Nasir awarded the death sentence to an assailant convicted in a murder case
DECEMBER 11, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MOI TO PROPOSE DEATH PENALTY FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS
the advisor to the Pakistani Prime Minister of the Interior, A. Rehman Malik, said the Ministry of Interior is
- DECEMBER 3, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan commuted the death sentence of a convict into life imprisonment
the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan commuted the death sentence of a convict into life imprisonment
- NOVEMBER 30, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCE IN KIDNAPPING AND MURDER CASE
an Anti Terrorism Court in Pakistan handed down the death sentence on two counts to three accused after finding them guilty of kidnapping and murdering a boy in September, 2006
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SIX AWARDED DEATH SENTENCES IN SEPARATE CASES
six men convicted for murder were sentenced to death in Pakistan.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE OF ALLAHYAR AKA YARU
a division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Pakistan set aside the death sentence of Allahyar alias Yaru, accused of killing four people and injuring two in a police lock-up.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DOUBLE DEATH SENTENCE
in Arifwala, Pakistan, Additional District and Session Judge Malik Tariq Mahmood...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAK GOVT PROCESSING ABOLITION OF DEATH SENTENCE
the Pakistan Government is considering a proposal to abolish the death penalty in the country.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, quashed the death sentence of Ghulam Haider...
the High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, quashed the death sentence of Ghulam Haider...
- NOVEMBER 9, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TALIBAN EXECUTE WOMAN FOR COMMITTING "ADULTERY"
the Pakistani Taliban executed a married woman after pronouncing her guilty of committing "adultery" in the troubled northwestern Swat valley.