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
- JULY 24, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: PRISONER SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT LAST MINUTE
a condemned prisoner in Pakistan was granted a last minute pardon by his brother as he stood in the gallows.
- JULY 23, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Ismail was sentenced to death by the Bahawalpur District and Sessions Judge in Pakistan.
Muhammad Ismail was sentenced to death by the Bahawalpur District and Sessions Judge in Pakistan.
- JULY 20, 2007RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIAN GETS DEATH PENALTY IN PAKISTAN
Akhlas Akhlak, a Russian man was sentenced to death for an assassination attempt on Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.
- JULY 17, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE
Additional District and Sessions Judge Rana Nisar Ahmed Khan awarded the death sentence by hanging to Iqbal, Riaz, Rafaqat and Asjad Nawaz for abducting and raping Abida Yasmin, 25
- JULY 14, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI CONVICTED OF MURDER EXECUTED
the official Saudi PressAgency carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement announcing
- JULY 10, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LAHORE COURT CONFIRMS DEATH FOR WOMAN MINISTER'S KILLER
the Lahore High Court upheld the death sentence given to a radical shopkeeper...
- JULY 3, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
3 MEN HANGED AT FAISALABAD DISTRICT JAIL
three men convicted of murder were hanged in Faisalabad district jail in Pakistan.
- JUNE 28, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN EXECUTED IN SUKKUR CENTRAL JAIL FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, a man was executed by hanging at Sukkur Central Jail One,
- JUNE 13, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN TWO HANGED FOR MURDER
two convicts involved in separate murder cases were hanged in the Attock district jail in Pakistan.
- JUNE 13, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN TWO HANGED IN PUNJAB JAILS
a condemned prisoner Muhammad Naeem was hanged in the Multan Central Jail in Pakistan. He had killed two rivals Muhammad Azam Khan and Ali Ahmed on December 11, 1995 over a dispute.
- JUNE 6, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO FOUR CONVICTS
in Pakistan, the Daska Additional District & Session Judge Khawaja Zafar Iqbal has awarded death sentence with a fine of Rs.50, 000 each to four convicts.
- JUNE 4, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
FOUR EXECUTED FOR ADULTERY IN PAKISTAN
Pakistani villagers shot dead a woman and three men, including an Afghan refugee...