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
- AUGUST 29, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI BEHEADED IN SAUDI FOR MURDER
a Pakistani man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca after the victim's family refused "blood money."
- AUGUST 21, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES TWO PAKISTANIS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabia executed two Pakistanis convicted of smuggling heroin into the kingdom, the Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement.
- AUGUST 19, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH FOR KILLING HIS UNCLE
a judge at the District and Sessions Court in Mithi, Tharparkar district in Pakistan, awarded the death sentence to a man for killing his uncle in February 2007.
- AUGUST 19, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Manzoor Ahmed was hanged, in Pakistan, for murder.
- AUGUST 18, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING A FAMILY
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ishfaq Mohammad Sheikh awarded death sentence to two accused for killing an entire family over a minor dispute.
- AUGUST 18, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC STAYS EXECUTION OF DEATH CONVICT
in Pakistan, the Lahore High Court stayed for five days the execution of a condemned prisoner, Muhammad Shahbaz of Mustafabad, Okara.
- AUGUST 13, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a debate on the proposed commutation of death sentences...
a debate on the proposed commutation of death sentences into life imprisonment dominated Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly (PA).
- AUGUST 12, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN SAHIWAL JAIL
two condemned prisoners, Abbas Ali e Amanat Ali, were hanged in Sahiwal jail in Pakistan for killing two people, including a constable in Chichawatni two years ago. Their bodies were handed over to their families for burial.
- AUGUST 12, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FIRST EXECUTION IN VEHARI JAIL
Vehari Jail officials in Pakistan hanged a man for murder, the first execution since the establishment of the jail.
- AUGUST 7, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN JERGA PUBLICLY EXECUTES 80-YEAR-OLD IN TRIBAL AREA
an octogenarian man was shot dead in public on the orders of a local jirga that found him 'guilty' of kidnapping a girl in the Kala Dhaka tribal area in Pakistan, sources said.
- AUGUST 6, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR HANGED IN FAISALABAD JAIL
four condemned prisoners were hanged in Faisalabad District Jail in Pakistan.
- AUGUST 1, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
AHRC URGES PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT TO RATIFY CABINET DECISION OF COMMUTING DEATH SENTENCE
the Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission urged the Pakistani government of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani to immediately ratify the decision of the cabinet to commute death sentences in to life imprisonment so as to make it a law.