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
NOVEMBER 3, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING MINOR
Pakistan anti-terrorism court has awarded death penalty to a teenager and life imprisonment to two others for brutally murdering a minor after sexually assaulting him.
NOVEMBER 2, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT EXECUTED IN SAHIWAL
Pakistan executed a man convicted of murder in Sahiwal, Samaa reported.
OCTOBER 27, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO MORE DEATH ROW PRISONERS HANGED
Two death row prisoners were hanged in the jails of Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur while the execution of two convicts was postponed.
OCTOBER 22, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Yaqoob awarded death penalty to a man convicted of murder and sentenced his accomplice to life imprisonment in Pakistan.
- OCTOBER 21, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Afsar Ali, a death-row prisoner convicted of murder, was executed in Mianwali’s Central Jail.
Afsar Ali, a death-row prisoner convicted of murder, was executed in Mianwali’s Central Jail.
OCTOBER 21, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 4 DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN VARIOUS CITIES
Four murder convicts were hanged in the jails of Lahore, Bahawalpur, Toba Tek Singh and Dera Ghazi Khan while execution of two convicts was postponed.
OCTOBER 20, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 10 MORE DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED
At least ten death row convicts were sent to the gallows in different jails of Punjab.
OCTOBER 15, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SEVEN DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED
At least seven death-row inmates convicted of murder were executed in different jails.
- OCTOBER 14, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ANOTHER FIVE DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN PUNJAB
five murder convicts were sent to the gallows in different jails of Punjab.
- OCTOBER 13, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: EIGHT MORE DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED
At least eight death row convicts were sent to the gallows early in the morning in different jails of Punjab, Dunya News reported.
OCTOBER 10, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED
A death row convict was hanged in Bahawalpur Central Jail early in the morning. Culprit Muhammad
OCTOBER 7, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDERER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
Kamalia Additional District and Sessions Judge Sardar Iqbal Dogar awarded death sentence and Rs