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
JULY 13, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ARMY CHIEF CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY OF 12 HARDCORE TERRORISTS
Pakistan's Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa confirmed the death sentence to another 12 "hardcore terrorists,"
JULY 3, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 19-YEAR-OLD GIRL SENTENCED TO DEATH BECAUSE HER BROTHER RAPED HER
In Pakistan, a 19-year-old woman was sentenced to death after she accused her brother of raping her, threatening with a gun.
JULY 2, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ARMY CHIEF CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 12 HARDCORE TERRORISTS
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa confirmed death sentences of 12 “hardcore terrorists”, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
JUNE 12, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN - DEATH FOR CHILD KILLER
KILLED 8 CHILDREN
MAY 24, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT GETS DEATH SENTENCE
A court sentenced a man to death for his involvement in a murder case in Daska.
MAY 9, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR KILLING PRAYER LEADER
A convict was sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in a sectarian killing case pertaining to the murder of a prayer leader in Karachi.
APRIL 11, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ‘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.
APRIL 11, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ANTI-TERRORISM COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE ON THREE COUNTS TO RAPIST
Anti-terrorism Court (ATC) Malakand awarded three counts of death sentence to one Jumaraz who was convicted of rape and killing of five years old Madeha Tariq in Besham area of District Shangla.
APRIL 10, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TRIPLE MURDER CONVICT HANGED
A murder convict was hanged at the Central Jail Faisalabad.
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.