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
JANUARY 3, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN WILL HAVE TO MOVE AWAY FROM DEATH PENALTY TO REFORMATION OF CRIMINALS, SAYS RANA SANAULLAH
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Sanaullah has said that Pakistan would have to abolish the death penalty and would have to move towards reformation of criminals, Naya Daur Media reported on 1st January 2020.
- JANUARY 1, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan sanctions the death penalty for 27 offences
Pakistan sanctions the death penalty for 27 offences
- JANUARY 1, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ‘PRESIDENT REJECTED 513 MERCY PETITIONS OF DEATH ROW PRISONERS IN LAST FIVE YEARS’
Pakistan is among the five most prolific executioners in the world with 487 executions in the last three years, while the president has rejected 513 mercy petitions in the last five years, a report launched on April 11 has found.
DECEMBER 30, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED IN BROTHER-IN-LAW’S MURDER CASE
The Sindh High Court has commuted the death sentence of a man to life in prison in a murder case, the Dawn reported on 29 December 2019.
DECEMBER 24, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: PROFESSOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani court on 21 December 2019 sentenced a university professor to death for blasphemy under a law that critics say is often used to target minorities and liberal activists.
DECEMBER 18, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: EX PRESIDENT PERVEZ MUSHARRAF SENTENCED TO DEATH BY SPECIAL COURT FOR HIGH TREASON
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was on 17 December 2019 sentenced to death for high treason by a special court. He is the first former military ruler to have been tried and convicted for treason.
DECEMBER 17, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN HANDED 3 DEATH SENTENCES IN CHUNIAN RAPE, MURDER CASE
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on 17 December 2019 convicted Sohail Shahzad for kidnapping, raping and murdering a minor boy in Chunian and handed him the death sentences on three counts.
DECEMBER 6, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ANTI-TERRORISM COURT HANDS DOWN DEATH PENALTY TO FACILITATOR IN DATA DARBAR SUICIDE BLAST CASE
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on 28 November 2019 handed down death penalty on 22 counts to a facilitator involved in Data Darbar suicide blast case.
DECEMBER 5, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ATC HANDS DEATH TO FOUR MURDERERS OF 20 PERSONS
Anti-Terrorism Court in Sargodha sentenced to death on twenty counts to custodian of a shrine and three other suspects for killing 20 people and ordered the police to confiscate their properties.
NOVEMBER 27, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MODEL COURTS AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO SIX, RI TO 19 ACCUSED
In order to provide speedy justice and clear the massive backlog of cases, the Model Courts on 23 November 2019 awarded death sentence to six and Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) to 19 accused in cases of murder and drugs smuggling.
NOVEMBER 25, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FORMER BRIGADIER HANGED FOR SPYING
The Pakistan Army on 23 November 2019 hanged Brig. Raja Rizwan (retd) after he was convicted of spying for a foreign intelligence agency, social media posts indicated.
NOVEMBER 21, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KIDNAP, MURDER OF 10TH GRADER
An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on 19 November 2019 awarded capital punishment to seven convicts, a woman among them, in a case pertaining to the abduction and murder of a tenth grader, ARY News reported.