Pakistan
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- 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
- MAY 9, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: NEW APOSTASY BILL TO IMPOSE DEATH ON ANYONE WHO LEAVES ISLAM
a draft bill adopted in first reading by Pakistan’s National Assembly imposing the death penalty on men who leave Islam is now before a standing committee.
- MAY 7, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. COURT REVOKES DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST MILITANT
the Sindh Provincial High Court in Karachi, Pakistan, threw out a lower court's death sentence against a
- MAY 2, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. FOUR PAKISTANIS EXECUTED FOR MURDER, RAPE
Saudi Arabia executed four Pakistanis convicted of murder and rape, the Saudi interior ministry announced
- APRIL 28, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN TWO LJ MEN GET DEATH PENALTY
the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi, Pakistan, handed the death penalty to two activists of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group in a sectarian killing case.
- APRIL 27, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pawan Kumar Mittal was sentenced to death in Pakistan...
Pawan Kumar Mittal was sentenced to death in Pakistan...
- APRIL 25, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN COMMUTING DEATH SENTENCE AFTER 16 YEARS NOT APPROPRIATE: SC
the Pakistan Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed an appeal stating it is not appropriate to commute a death sentence to life imprisonment after sixteen years.
- APRIL 18, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE IN KIDNAPPING CASE
Judge Malik Safdar Hussain of the Anti-terrorism court in Pakistan handed down the death sentence to Hikmat Shah and Daud Ibrahim for kidnapping.
- APRIL 17, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FOUR BROTHERS HANGED FOR KILLING 13
four brothers were hanged in Multan, Pakistan, for murdering
- APRIL 13, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
MAN FACES DEATH OVER SEX WITH FOUR STEPDAUGHTERS
a Pakistani man faces death by stoning in the United Arab Emirates for committing adultery with four of his stepdaughters, a local newspaper reported.
- APRIL 3, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: LAST-MINUTE PARDON SAVES PAKISTANI TEEN FROM EXECUTION
an 18 year old Pakistani student convicted of killing a Burmese friend and sentenced to death three years ago was spared the death penalty hours before his execution, which had been scheduled to take place today.
- APRIL 3, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Khaled Abdul-Ghaffour, a Pakistan citizen...
Khaled Abdul-Ghaffour, a Pakistan citizen...
- MARCH 31, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED IN INFANT KILLING CASE
an anti-terrorism court in Karachi, Pakistan, issued the death penalty on two counts to a man for kidnapping an infant for ransom and murdering her.