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 27, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS EXECUTED IN SAHIWAL, SARGODHA JAIL
Two death row prisoners Ghulam Mustafa and Sibtain were executed in Central jail of Sahiwal and Sargodha’s district jail respectively.
JULY 26, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT HANGED IN SIALKOT JAIL
A murder convict was hanged in the morning at Sialkot District Jail.
JULY 18, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN ADIALA JAIL
Two murder convicts were hanged in the morning in Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi.
JULY 7, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH WITHOUT HEARING EVIDENCE
A judge in Pakistan's anti-terrorism court heard no hard evidence, yet sentenced a Christian school principal to death under the charges of blasphemy.
- JUNE 27, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
An Anti-Terrorism Court in Gujranwala sentenced two Christian and one Muslim man to death for
JUNE 16, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC RESTORES DEATH SENTENCE OF PML-N MNA
The Supreme Court restored the death sentence of PML-N MNA Abid Raza in a murder case, saying that a convict sentenced under Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) cannot be acquitted.
JUNE 8, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCE IN JUDGE MURDER CASE
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi handed down death sentence to three men convicted of
JUNE 6, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: KILLER OF THREE EXECUTED IN MULTAN
A death row prisoner involved in killing three persons over a property dispute was executed in
- JUNE 1, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH ROW CONVICT EXECUTED IN SAHIWAL
A death convict Hamed Akhtar was hanged to death in Sahiwal while security was tightened in and out
MAY 31, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CONVICTED FOR RELATIVE MURDER HANGED IN ATTOCK
A condemned prisoner was hanged in district jail Attock early in the morning.
MAY 26, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED IN TIMERGARA
A death row inmate was executed at the District Jail Timergara early the morning, official sources said.
MAY 24, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FIVE NAVAL OFFICERS GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR ATTACK ON DOCKYARD
Five navy officers were given the death sentence by a Navy court in Pakistan for planning to hijack a