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 5, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Iqbal Malik awarded the death sentence and Rs 0.5 million fine to Awal Khan for possessing 42kg of hashish
- APRIL 4, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. LAW MINISTER TAKES NOTE TO INCIDENT OF A COUPLE STONING TO DEATH
the Federal Minister for Law and Justice Farooq H. Naik in Pakistan took strong
- MARCH 31, 2008United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
EMIRATI SAVES TWO PRISONERS FROM CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
an Emirati man's charity gave a new lease on life to two prisoners sentenced to
- MARCH 31, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. COUPLE STONED TO DEATH IN FATA
a man and a woman were stoned to death by militants in Pakistan's Khwezai-
- MARCH 30, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. 134 PEOPLE HANGED IN 2007
Releasing its annual report on the state of human rights in 2007, the Human Rights
- MARCH 29, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH
two murder convicts were awarded the death sentence for killing a rickshaw driver two years ago in Okara, Pakistan. Sarfraz and Liaqat Ali killed rickshaw driver Mushtaq.
- MARCH 29, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COMMUTE DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE FOR FOREIGN PRISONERS: BURNEY
leading human rights activist Ansar Burney urged Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani to commute the death sentence of Indian national Sarabjit Singh and other foreigners languishing in Pakistani jails to life imprisonment.
- MARCH 20, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has delayed by 30 days the execution of
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has delayed by 30 days the execution of
- MARCH 12, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CHRISTIAN HANGED DESPITE CLEMENCY APPEAL
a Christian man was hanged in Pakistan, after being
- MARCH 5, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a Pakistani tribunal sentenced Anwarul Haq to death...
a Pakistani tribunal sentenced Anwarul Haq to death...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Iqrar Hussain and Shabbir Billa were executed in Pakistan for murder.
Iqrar Hussain and Shabbir Billa were executed in Pakistan for murder.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MURDER CONVICT HANGED IN KARACHI JAIL
a murder convict was hanged in the Karachi Central Jail in Pakistan