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
- 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, 2006PakistanDEATH 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.
APRIL 12, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. COURT ADMITS APPEALS IN MUSHARRAF ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT CASE
the Pakistan Supreme Court admitted for regular hearing the appeals of four junior Air Force officers and a civilian against their death sentences for their involvement in an assassination attempt on President General Pervez Musharraf in 2003.
- APRIL 9, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SERIAL KILLINGS, RAPE
an anti-terrorism court in the central Pakistani town of Bahawalpur sentenced convicted serial killer and rapist Abdul Razzaq to death, the Daily Times newspaper reported.
- APRIL 4, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FIVE MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced five militants from an Al-Qaeda-linked group to death for a 2002 attack on a prison van which killed a policeman and a prisoner.
- APRIL 4, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. LOCAL LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an anti-terrorism court in eastern Punjab province, Pakistan, sentenced to death Naveed Akhtar, local leader of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group, after finding him guilty of killing a Shia leader and his son.
- MARCH 30, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CONVICTION OF LJ ACTIVISTS IN SECTARIAN KILLING CASE SET ASIDE
the Sindh High Court (SHC), Pakistan, set aside the convictions to four activists of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group after acquitting them of charges of sectarian killing. Mohammad Ajmal alias Akram Lahori, Attaullah, Mohammad Azam and Malik Tassaduq H
- MARCH 28, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES IN MUSHARRAF'S ATTACK CASE
a court in Pakistan rejected appeals of four air force employees against their death sentences...
- MARCH 26, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. EXECUTION BY TALIBAN UNDER SHARIA
local Taliban in South Waziristan, Pakistan, executed a 25-year-old man under Islamic law (Sharia) for killing a taxi driver. The execution was the first case tried under Sharia in the tribal areas