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 25, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. PRISON OFFICIALS RAISE MONEY FOR DEATH ROW INMATES
the superintendent of a prison in the Pakistani port city of Karachi raises
- JULY 25, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Munir Ahmed was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
Munir Ahmed was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- 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 24, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. FIVE HANGED FOR MURDER
five convicts, including three brothers, were hanged for murder in the central
- 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, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI 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.