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 6, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: WOMAN ACQUITTED AFTER 20 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
A Pakistani woman infamously put on death row for killing her family in 1998 has been acquitted and walked free after 20 years in prison, her lawyer said.
MARCH 23, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY ACQUITTED
A Pakistani Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy nearly two years ago has been acquitted.
MARCH 20, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE TO RAPIST, MURDERER OF MINOR GIRL
Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) gave death sentence to a convict involved in rape and murder of a minor girl in Quetta.
- MARCH 12, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ARMY COURTS AWARDED DEATH TO 186 PERSONS SINCE 2015
A total of 486 cases have come before the military courts since their inception in the year 2015.
- MARCH 3, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH, THREE LIFE IN GIRL’S MURDER CASE
A convict was handed down death sentence while three others were awarded life imprisonment in an honour killing case in Nowshera.
FEBRUARY 28, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDERER AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
Additional district and sessions judge, Shakeel Ahmad Sipra awarded death sentence to an accused of a murder case.
FEBRUARY 22, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO KILLER IN FAISALABAD
The sessions court in Faisalabad awarded death sentence on two counts to an accused involved in a double murder case in limits Chak Jhumra police station.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MURDERER OF THREE HANGED IN HARIPUR JAIL
A man who killed three persons during a Jirga in Mardan in 2003 was hanged in District Jail Haripur.
FEBRUARY 2, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDERER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
A Kasur court sentenced a man to death for strangling his wife.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO ACCUSED IN MURDER CASE
The additional district and sessions judge, Lakki Marwat awarded death sentence to an accused in the murder case of the brother of a girl who had refused to marry him.
- JANUARY 31, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CONDEMNED PRISONER EXECUTED
A condemned prisoner was executed in Central Jail Faisalabad.
JANUARY 23, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO CONVICTS HANGED IN HARIPUR CENTRAL JAIL
Two convicted prisoners of death sentence were hanged in Haripur Central Jail in the morning.