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 9, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
ALLEGED OUTLAW PUBLICLY EXECUTED IN BARA
Lashkar-i-Islam activists publicly executed an alleged outlaw in Bara, Pakistan.
- DECEMBER 7, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI MAN CONVICTED OF DRUG SMUGGLING EXECUTED IN SAUDI ARABIA
SPA carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement saying that the Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence against Pakistani national Muhammad Amir Shahzad who was convicted of the crime of smuggling a quantity heroin hidden in his entrails into Saudi A
- DECEMBER 3, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SC STAYS DEATH PENALTY OF ASHFAQ
the Supreme Court in New Delhi, India, admitted an appeal filed by
- NOVEMBER 23, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA
a Pakistani man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI AUTHORITIES BEHEAD PAKISTANI CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into the kingdom...
- NOVEMBER 14, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a taxi driver’s killer was executed in the central jail of Sahiwal town...
a taxi driver’s killer was executed in the central jail of Sahiwal town...
NOVEMBER 10, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
a Pakistani man was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia after he was convicted of drug smuggling, th
NOVEMBER 8, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into the kingdom, the
- OCTOBER 31, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Session Judge Abdul Haseeb Shaikh sentenced two people to death.
- OCTOBER 30, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a Pakistan national, Mahammad Ali, was hanged at dawn...
a Pakistan national, Mahammad Ali, was hanged at dawn...
- OCTOBER 26, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE
a three-member bench of the Supreme Court in Pakistan...
- OCTOBER 25, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded by the sword Shahid Jameel, a Pakistani national