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
- AUGUST 9, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
the Anti-Terrorism Court Quetta, Pakistan...
- AUGUST 2, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. THOUSANDS AWAIT GALLOWS IN JAILS
more than 7,400 men and 36 women are waiting in 81 Pakistani jails to be hanged, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has confirmed.
- AUGUST 1, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. PEOPLE EXECUTED IN A HURRY
Pakistan has resorted to hurried executions to reduce congestion of overcrowded jails holding death row inmates as also to deal with the spiralling crime rate in the country, a human rights body has claimed.
- AUGUST 1, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. THREE MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN IMAMBARGAH FIRING CASE
an Anti terrorism court in Karachi, Pakistan...
- JULY 31, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FAMILY OF SLAIN CAB DRIVER DEMAND BRITON’S EXECUTION
the family of a slain Pakistani taxi driver demanded that Mirza Tahir Hussain, the British man convicted of killing him...
- JULY 27, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. STAY OF EXECUTION FOR DEATH ROW BRITON
Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, granted a one-month stay of execution to Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British man who was due to be put to death a week later.
- JULY 27, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN HANGED IN KOT LAKHPATT FOR MURDER
Abdul Rehman, a man convicted of murder, was hanged in Kot Lakhpatt jail, Pakistan, at 4:30 am.
- JULY 27, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. RECENT EXECUTIONS ‘BRUTAL’, HRCP
the director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said the number of recent executions carried out in Punjab province is "brutal". Rehman told the BBC News website that 37 people had been hanged in 2006 in Punjab alone compared with 52 people
- JULY 26, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Additional Sessions Court in Pasrur, Pakistan...
- JULY 22, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. BRITISH NATIONAL AGAIN ON DEATH ROW
Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British man convicted of killing a taxi driver in Pakistan, has been put on death row for a third time and will be hanged on August 3...
- JULY 22, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Additional District and Sessions Court in Pakistan sentenced a man only identified as Rafique to death for murder.
- JULY 18, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. THREE PEOPLE HANGED FOR GANG RAPE
three men, who were convicted of raping a woman in Pakistan's southern Punjab province, were hanged in central city of Lahore, a jail official said.