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
- 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.
MARCH 31, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. 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, 2007PakistanDEATH 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 PENALTYPAKISTAN. 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, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Suleiman Shahoumi, secretary of the Foreign Affairs...
Suleiman Shahoumi, secretary of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Libya's General Peoples Congress...