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 6, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. PAKISTANI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SHARJAH
the United Arab Emirates Appeal Court upheld the death sentence against a 22 year old Pakistani man,
- MARCH 6, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE, FINE FOR MURDER
the Pakistan Additional District and Sessions Court awarded the death sentence and a Rs.100,000 fine to Rustam Ali of Saddar Chishtian for murder.
- MARCH 5, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
DISTRICT (JHANG): AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
the Pakistan Additional Session Court awarded the death sentence to a man...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. DISTT (SIALKOT): TWO MEN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
the Daska Additional District, in Pakistan...
- FEBRUARY 16, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Noor Muhammad, alias Mirch Kalhoro, was executed for murder in Larkana Central Prison, Pakistan.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
MAN ACQUITTED BY SINDH HIGH COURT OF MURDER CHARGES
the Sindh High Court acquitted the murder charges against a member of the banned group Lashker-e-Jhangvi Pakistan.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO PRISONERS TO BE HANGED ON FEB 7 & 13
Muhammad Ahmed Bodal was hanged in the Central Jail, in Pakistan.
- JANUARY 31, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani man for drug smuggling, local media reported.
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani man for drug smuggling, local media reported.
- JANUARY 31, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
DEATH BY STONING CASE GOES TO UAE SUPREME COURT
the UAE Federal Supreme Court is looking into the case of a Pakistani man, identified as A., in his fifties, who was found guilty of having illicit affairs with his four stepdaughters and sentenced to death by stoning.
- JANUARY 27, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING DAUGHTERS
a judge sentenced Mohammad Mukhtar to death for stabbing his two daughters to death while they were asleep.
- JANUARY 26, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 3 WOMEN, THROWING ACID
an additional sessions judge sentenced a man to death for killing three relatives of his fourth wife and injuring three others by throwing acid. He was also sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for injuring three women with a fine of Rs 1 million on each co
- JANUARY 17, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed two pakistani men for possessing, selling and smuggling drugs, the interior ministry said.
Saudi Arabia executed two pakistani men for possessing, selling and smuggling drugs, the interior ministry said.