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
- JUNE 13, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. THREE PEOPLE TO BE HANGED WITHIN NEXT THREE DAYS
it was reported that three death row convicts were scheduled to be hanged in the following three days
- JUNE 9, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. LAHORE HIGH COURT DIRECTS JAIL AUTHORITIES TO RESCHEDULE PRISONERS’ EXECUTION
a Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench in Pakistan directed jail authorities to reschedule the execution of three condemned prisoners within 15 days.
- JUNE 6, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a Lahore High Court division bench, Pakistan...
a Lahore High Court division bench, Pakistan...
- JUNE 6, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the Lahore High Court rejected an application to stay the execution...
the Lahore High Court rejected an application to stay the execution of Muhammad Asif. Asif was to be executed later in the day in the Gujranwala Central Jail.
- JUNE 1, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO CONVICTS TO BE EXECUTED IN CENTRAL JAIL KARACHI
two pakistani, involved in a murder case, will be hanged in Karachi central jail on June 6, and June 8, respectively as an anti terrorist court has issued their black warrants following dismissal of their all the appeals.
- MAY 31, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING 3-YEAR OLD GIRL
a court in southwest Pakistan sentenced to death Asmatullah, 25, for kidnapping, raping and then killing a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in September 2005 with the help of his mother Izzat Bakhat.
- MAY 30, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN GIVEN 16 DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER OF 16 PEOPLE
Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Court in the eastern city of Multan sentenced Qari Umar Hayat to death on 16 counts with a fine of 4.8 million rupees (approx. 80,000 US dollars) for the murder of 16 people.
- MAY 23, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. HANGING OF BRITON POSTPONED
Pakistan postponed the execution of Briton Mirza Tahir Hussain for a month in order to give his family the chance to reach a settlement with the family of a taxi driver he was convicted of murdering.
- MAY 23, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. VIOLENCE USED TO GET CONFESSIONS FROM CONVICTS: LAWYER
a defence lawyer accused Pakistani police of using violence and threats to extract confessions from seven men convicted in the 2004 assassination attempt against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
- MAY 22, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. 4 MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BID TO KILL PM
an anti-terrorism court in Pakistani sentenced four Islamist militants to death for an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
- MAY 20, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
EU. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SEEKS MERCY FOR BRITON IN PAKISTAN
the European Parliament wrote to Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf asking him to spare the life of a British man due to hang in June for the murder of a taxi driver 18 years ago.
- MAY 19, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR MURDER
two men were hanged till death in Faisalabad Jail in Pakistan.