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
- OCTOBER 31, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. COURT SENTENCES TWO MILITANTS TO DEATH
two Islamist militants were sentenced to death for killing six Shi'ite Muslims in an attack in Pakistan.
- OCTOBER 31, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Additional District and Sessions Court in Pasrur, Pakistan, sentenced to death on three counts with a fine of Rs.100, 000 each for Babar Maqbool, Khan Wali and Liaqat Ali after convicting them of triple murder.
- OCTOBER 31, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SINDH HC ACQUITS FOUR CONVICTED IN US CONSULATE BOMBING
the Sindh High Court, Pakistan...
- OCTOBER 20, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SHC DISMISSES APPEAL OF ACTIVISTS IN SECTARIAN KILLING CASE
the Sindh High Court, Pakistan...
- OCTOBER 19, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. DEATH ROW BRITON GETS TWO-MONTH REPRIEVE
it was announced that the execution of Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British man held in Pakistan, will not take place during Prince Charles's visit to the country.
- OCTOBER 19, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN DENIES BRITISH PRESSURE HELPED DELAY EXECUTION
Pakistan said it did not postpone the execution of Mirza Tahir Hussain under pressure from London, adding that the two-month delay was meant to give relatives time to reach a compromise.
- OCTOBER 19, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. RIGHTS OFFICIAL CONCERNED WITH TREATMENT OF DEATH ROW PRISONERS
Asma Jahangir, chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), expressed deep concern over how the authorities were dealing with prisoners on death row.
- OCTOBER 19, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. PHC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE INTO LIFE TERM
the Peshawar High Court, Pakistan...
- OCTOBER 18, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR GANG RAPE CONVICTS IN AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR
the legislative assembly of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir region in Pakistan approved an amended Hudud bill under which capital punishment would be awarded to convicts involved in gang rape cases.
- OCTOBER 18, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. BLAIR URGES PAKISTAN TO STAY BRITON'S EXECUTION
Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to intervene again to halt the hanging of a British national, scheduled to occur during a royal visit to his country. And it also emerged that Prince Charles, due to visit Pakistan at th
- OCTOBER 16, 2006PalauDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. NEW EXECUTION DATE SET FOR BRITON
the brother of a Leeds man on death row in Pakistan made an urgent appeal for his life after hearing he was to be executed in two weeks.
- OCTOBER 2, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. PRISON AUTHORITIES ASK FOR FRESH DATE TO HANG BRITON
Pakistani prison authorities asked a court to fix a new date for the execution of a British man sentenced to hang in a case that was raised by Prime Minister Tony Blair with President Pervez Musharrafa few days earlier.