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
OCTOBER 4, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE HARDCORE TERRORISTS HANGED IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PRISON
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COAS GEN QAMAR BAJWA CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR FOUR TERRORISTS
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa confirmed death sentence for four terrorists.
- JULY 26, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Sarmad Ali Advocate High Court said that according the Ministry of Interior of Pakistan, there are about 44 women on death row in Pakistan and one of them is about to be executed who is insane.
Sarmad Ali Advocate High Court said that according the Ministry of Interior of Pakistan, there are about 44 women on death row in Pakistan and one of them is about to be executed who is insane.
JULY 20, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN HANGED TO DEATH IN ATTOCK JAIL
A death row convict was executed in Central Jail Attock in the early morning.
JULY 19, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED AT MULTAN JAIL
A death-row prisoner was hanged at Multan Central Jail early.
JULY 18, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT HANGED
A double murder convict was hanged after spending almost two decades in Central Jail Adiala for killing his brother and sister-in-law in Kallar Syedan.
- JULY 11, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 3 DEATH CONVICTS HANGED IN SARGODHA
At least three death convicts who were involved in the killing of three members of same family.
- JULY 5, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: RAPIST, KILLER OF MINOR HANGED IN GUJRANWALA
A man convicted for rape and murder of a minor boy was hanged in the central jail in Gujranwala.
JUNE 11, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR BLASPHEMY ON FACEBOOK
A Pakistani court has sentenced to death a man who allegedly committed blasphemy on Facebook, a prosecutor said, in a first such case that involves social media.
JUNE 8, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY IN MURDER CASE
A court awarded death sentence to an accused for his involvement in a murder case in Faisalabad
- MAY 25, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING RELATIVE
A court ruled death sentence to an accused involved in a murder case in Sargodha the other day. The verdict was announced by Additional District and Sessions Judge Javed Iqbal Ranjha.
MAY 25, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: PHC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF 35 MILITANTS
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) upheld the death sentence to 35 militants and life imprisonment to two others awarded by the military courts.