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
- APRIL 27, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI TALIBAN PUBLICLY EXECUTE ALLEGED CRIMINAL
Pakistani Taliban militants publicly executed an alleged criminal involved in kidnappings for ransom in a tribal area bordering Afghanistan, witnesses said
- APRIL 25, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS PAKISTANIS, SYRIAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
two Pakistanis and a Syrian convicted of smuggling drugs were beheaded by the
- APRIL 24, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
BROTHERS HANGED FOR KILLING RELATIVES
four brothers were hanged in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province for murdering their relatives eight years ago.
- APRIL 19, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN TO COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCES TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT - OFFICIAL
the new Pakistani government will commute all death sentences to life imprisonment in line with the policy of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Prime Minister's Adviser on Interior Rehman Malik said.
- APRIL 19, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI TALIBAN PUBLICLY EXECUTE THREE PEOPLE IN TRIBAL REGION
in the country's South Waziristan tribal region, the Pakistani Taliban publicly executed 3 people who were held responsible for the killing of a local tribesman.
- APRIL 18, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: RISING EXECUTION RATE WORRIES RIGHTS ACTIVIST
I.A. Rehman, director of the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, commented on Pakistan’s 61 percent increase in executions in 2007.
- APRIL 18, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN POSTPONES HANGING OF INDIAN NATIONAL - PAPER
Pakistan postponed the hanging of Sarabjit Singh to June 1, hours after External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee appealed to Islamabad to give the "unfortunate human being" clemency on humanitarian grounds
- APRIL 17, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN SIGNS THREE UN HR CONVENTIONS
Pakistan, in a significant and a long-awaited step, has ratified the International
- APRIL 15, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH SIX TIMES FOR MADRASSA ATTACK
an anti-terrorism court in Quetta, Pakistan, sentenced a man to death six times for killing six madrassa students in Qila Saifullah, Geo News reported.
- APRIL 15, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Waqar Ahmad Kayani was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
Waqar Ahmad Kayani was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- APRIL 10, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Moazzam Khan, a Pakistan national who was convicted in a drug trafficking case
- APRIL 8, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI MAN BEHEADED FOR BEATING COMPATRIOT TO DEATH
the official Saudi Press Agency said authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of beating a fellow citizen to death.