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 14, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 29 YEARS ON DEATH ROW, WOMAN SUFFERS MENTAL ILLNESS
Kanizan Bibi was 16 when she was charged with murdering her employer’s wife and five children. The police said she was having an affair with her employer, who was also arrested and later hanged.
APRIL 11, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SHC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO BROTHERS IN PIDC BLAST CASE
The Sindh High Court on 9 April 2020 upheld the death sentence of two brothers and overturned the death penalty of a co-accused in the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) bomb blast case in Karachi.
APRIL 4, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED FOR BRITON CONVICTED OVER DANIEL PEARL MURDER
A Pakistani court on 2nd April 2020 overturned the death sentence for British-born militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who had been convicted over the 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl.
- MARCH 20, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY IN MURDER CASE IN SARGODHA
An additional district and session court Sargodha Judge Farhan Muddasir on 19 March 2020 awarded death sentence to a man in Inspector murder case.
MARCH 19, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER ACCUSED GETS DEATH SENTENCE
Gujranwala Model Court Special Judge Shakeel Ahmed Sapra on 18 March 2020 awarded death sentence to a murder accused.
FEBRUARY 27, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan on 14 February 2020 sentenced to death three people, in two different cases.
FEBRUARY 25, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING THREE POLICEMEN
Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on 24 February 2020 awarded an accused six time death penalty and 74 years imprisonment.
FEBRUARY 21, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN HANDED DEATH PENALTY FOR SLAUGHTERING FIVE
An Additional Sessions Judge in Attock on 20 February 2020 handed a man death sentence on five counts for slaughtering five members of a family in Jatial village in Hazro on 14 June 2018.
FEBRUARY 20, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE 2014 WAGAH BORDER ATTACKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A special Lahore anti-terrorism court on 19 February 2020 sentenced three men to death for the 2014 suicide attack at the Wagah Border. Over 50 people were killed and 100 injured in the attack.
FEBRUARY 18, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: KARACHI COURT HANDS DEATH PENALTY TO WOMAN, ACCOMPLICE FOR KILLING HUSBAND
A model court in Karachi on 13 February 2020 announced a death penalty for a woman and her accomplice after finding their role in the killing of the former’s husband in 2013, ARY NEWS reported.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR NINE TERRORISTS FOR ATTACK ON MILITARY CONVOY IN 2004
The Sindh High Court in Pakistan on 14 February 2020 upheld the death sentence of nine terrorists for carrying out an attack on security forces in 2004 in which 10 people, including six army personnel, were killed.
JANUARY 14, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT OVERTURNS DEATH PENALTY FOR EX-PRESIDENT
A Pakistani court on 13 January 2020 overturned the death sentence given to the country's ex-military ruler, Pervez Musharraf.