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 22, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC SUSPENDS DEATH PENALTY OF THREE HARDCORE TERRORISTS CONVICTED BY MILITARY COURT
- JANUARY 1, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan sanctions the death penalty for 27 offences
Pakistan sanctions the death penalty for 27 offences
DECEMBER 4, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ESTRANGED LOVER WITH ACID
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan sentenced a 20-year-old woman to death for killing her 'estranged' lover by throwing acid on him.
NOVEMBER 16, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT AFTER 28 YEARS
The Supreme Court overturned death sentence of a petitioner after 28 years on grounds of insufficient evidence.
NOVEMBER 16, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN DIFFERENT JAILS
At least two death row convicts were hanged in various jails of Punjab on early morning, Dunya News reported. The dead bodies of the prisoners were handed over to their heirs after the executions.
NOVEMBER 10, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ANTI-TERRORISM COURT COURT SENTENCED THREE BALOCH IDPS TO DEATH BY HANGING
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) sentenced three Baloch Internally Displaced Persons to death alleging that the men were involved in blowing up gas pipelines and belonged to a banned Baloch militant organisation.
NOVEMBER 2, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court awarded death sentence to a murder convict for his involvement in a murder case in Sargodha.
- OCTOBER 31, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER, RAPE EXECUTED IN HYDERABAD
A man charged with murder and rape was executed early in the morning at the Hyderabad Central Prison.
- OCTOBER 20, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING NIECE
A court awarded death sentence to a murder convict in Dera Ghazi Khan. The judgment was announced by District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Munir ahmed.
OCTOBER 19, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR ‘HONOUR-DRIVEN’ MURDER
A court awarded capital punishment to a murderer for killing a man two years ago on suspicion he was having an affair with his sister.
OCTOBER 17, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MULTAN WOMAN HANDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR HUSBAND'S MURDER
An anti-terrorism court in Multan sentenced a woman to death on two counts while also handing her a life imprisonment sentence after finding her guilty of murdering her husband.
- OCTOBER 17, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: AL QAEDA MAN’S DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED
An appellate bench of the Sindh High Court commuted the death penalty of an Al Qaeda militant to life imprisonment.