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
- MARCH 20, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
One executed for murder
23 January 2018: Shamoon Masih, is a service man senteced for murder by the military Court, was executed in the Multan Central Jail.
- MARCH 20, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
One executed for murder
13 March 2018: a man, named Amanullah, was executed in the Mirpur Prison for a murder.
- MARCH 20, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
One executed for murder
22 March 2018: Mohsin Wasim was executed in the Bahawalpur Central Jail, after a death sentence issued by ATC
- MARCH 20, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
One executed for murder
10 April 2018: Asif alias Bholo was executed in the Gujranwala Central Prison, after a death sentence issued by ATC for murder
- MARCH 20, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
One executed for murder
5 September 2018: Anwar alias Anwari was executed in the District Jail Attock for murder and after spending 10 years in death row, according to the Justice Project in Pakistan.
FEBRUARY 22, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED TWO TIMES DEATH SENTENCE
The Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) No-III, Rawalpindi Judge Abdul Raheem on 10 February 2019 awarded two times death sentence and imprisonment of 31 years to Zafar Iqbal for killing a police officer on August 10, 1999.
FEBRUARY 14, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ATC AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO TWO CRIMINALS FOR MURDER
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on 31 January 2019 awarded the death sentence to two criminals for their involvement in a murder.
FEBRUARY 7, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SHC COMMUTES MURDERER’S DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The Sindh High Court (SHC) commuted on 28 January 2019 the death sentence of a criminal, convicted of committing a murder during a robbery bid.
FEBRUARY 5, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC HALTS EXECUTION OF PRISONER AFTER BEING INFORMED OF 'RECONCILIATION WITH HEIRS OF VICTIMS'
The Supreme Court on 4 February 2019 halted the death sentence of a convict, Muhammad Siddique, who was scheduled to be executed on 7 February at the Gujranwala Central Jail.
FEBRUARY 1, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYASIA BIBI REUNITES WITH FAMILY IN CANADA
Asia Bibi, the Christian woman who spent eight years on death row on blasphemy charges in Pakistan, has arrived in Canada with her husband, German media reported on 1 February 2019, quoting her lawyer.
- JANUARY 29, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ASIA BIBI BLASPHEMY ACQUITTAL UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT
Pakistan's top court has rejected a challenge to the acquittal of a Christian woman on blasphemy charges.
JANUARY 28, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY LAHORE'S GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE COURT FOR RAPING MEDICAL STUDENT
A special Lahore court set up to deal with gender-based violence on 18 January 2019 sentenced to death a man for the rape of a female medical student.