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
- MARCH 31, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. COUNCIL OF ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY: RAPED WOMEN TO BE TREATED AS VICTIMS, NOT OFFENDERS
In a unanimous decision, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) ruled that a woman forced to have intercourse (zina-bil-jabr) should not be
- MARCH 30, 2007ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: DEATH SENTENCE AWARED TO PAKISTANI NATIONAL COMMUTED
Thailand's Criminal Court handed down the death sentence to Mohammed Arif, 34, a Pakistani national, found guilty of murdering Priyanun Thongnakthae in a Bangkok Hotel on May 8, 2006.
- MARCH 29, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
BLASPHEMY ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH
Abdul Hameed, 45, was sentenced to death for blasphemy by Judge Pattoki in the Additional District and Sessions Court in Kasur, Pakistan.
- MARCH 28, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO CONVICTED TERRORISTS HANGED IN MULTAN JAIL
two convicted terrorists, Abdul Jabbar and Shahsawar, were hanged in Multan's New Central Jail,
- MARCH 28, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CONVICTED KILLER HANGED IN JAIL
Abdul Sattar was hanged at 5.30am in Pakistan's Central Jail for shooting his uncle, Muhammad Ramzan,
- MARCH 20, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING PAKISTANI MINISTER
a court in Pakistan issued the death sentence on two counts to Ghualm Sarwar for shooting dead a provincial minister last month.
- MARCH 15, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
THREE PAKISTANIS STONED, SHOT DEAD FOR ADULTERY
two men and a woman were stoned and then shot to death in Pakistan for committing adultery after Islamist activists said they caught them in a compromising position.
- MARCH 12, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Mehrab Wali of Laspur was sentenced to death by the District and Sessions Court...
- MARCH 9, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO PAKISTANIS BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Mohammad Sadiq Chirag Deen, a male Pakistani, and Mjedan bibi Mohammad Sherif, a female Pakistani,
- MARCH 9, 2007BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Suleiman Shahoumi, secretary of the Foreign Affairs...
Suleiman Shahoumi, secretary of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Libya's General Peoples Congress...
- MARCH 8, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Khan Muhammad Chachar was sentenced to death by...
Khan Muhammad Chachar was sentenced to death by...
- MARCH 8, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN SECOND CONVICT TO BE HANGED IN DISTRICT JAIL LARKANA ON FRIDAY
Wali Muhammad s/o Ghulam Qadir Bhutto, convicted for killing Ghulam Fareed s/o Din Muhammad Bhutto on January 27, 1992 will to be hanged in Central Jail, Larkana, on Friday March 09 at 6.30a.m.