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
- MAY 18, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
BRITAIN. BLAIR ASKS MUSHARRAF TO STOP BRITON BEING HANGED
Britain asked Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf to stop the hanging of Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British man convicted of shooting dead a taxi driver 18 years ago.
- MAY 18, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF TERROR OUTFIT ACTIVISTS
the Pakistan Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of three Lashkar-i-Jhangvi activists for the murder of Syed Zafar Hussain, a director of laboratories of the ministry of defence, on July 30, 2001.
- MAY 14, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
BRITAIN. FOREIGN SECRETARY PLEADS WITH MUSHARRAF TO SPARE TOURIST CONDEMNED TO HANG
it was reported that new British Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett, will make a personal plea to President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan to spare the life of Mirza Tahir Hussain, from Leeds, due to be hanged at dawn at the Adiala central jail in Rawalpin
- MAY 12, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MUSHARRAF ATTACKER ALLOWED TO APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
the Pakistan Supreme Court permitted an appeal to be filed by Naik Arshad Mahmood, a man sentenced to death for his involvement in an assassination bid on President Pervez Musharraf.
- MAY 10, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. LAHORE “BRICK KILLER” SENTENCED TO DEATH
an anti-terrorism court in the Pakistani city of Lahore sentenced to death Aamir Qayum, an alleged serial killer convicted of murder.
- MAY 5, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SHC DISMISSES APPEAL OF MAN IN KIDNAPPING CASE
the Sindh High Court in Karachi, Pakistan, dismissed the appeal of Shafqat Hussain, a man sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing a boy for ransom.
- MAY 2, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. FIVE MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER, DRUG SMUGGLING, RAPE
Kuwait carried out the executions of five men convicted of murder and drug smuggling. The bodies of the men were then put on public display from the gallows.
- APRIL 21, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING AND KILLING BUSINESSMAN
anti Terrorism Court in Karachi, Pakistan, sentenced a man to death on two counts after finding him guilty of kidnapping and killing a businessman for ransom
- APRIL 20, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Additional District and Sessions Court in Faisalabad, Pakistan, sentenced to death Ghulam Fareed for killing his niece Anwar Bibi over a marriage dispute on March 23, 2005.
- APRIL 19, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Additional District and Sessions Court in Sialkot, Pakistan, sentenced to death Muhammad Fazil with a fine of Rs. 100,000 (1,350 EU) after finding him guilty of murdering two people.
- APRIL 19, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER COMMUTED
the Lahore High Court, Pakistan, commuted to life imprisonment the death sentences given to two men for murder and reduced the sentence of two women convicted in the same trial.
- APRIL 13, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR PAKISTANI ACCUSED OF HEROIN SMUGGLING
Kuwait’s Court of Appeals commuted into life imprisonment the death sentence issued against Fadhl H., a Pakistani man charged with smuggling heroin into the country.