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 6, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ANOTHER DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED IN LAHORE
Death row convict Muhammad Idrees was sent to the gallows at the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore for killing a man in 1997.
OCTOBER 3, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ANOTHER MURDER CONVICT EXECUTED IN SAHIWAL
A triple murder convict named Muhammad Akram was executed in the Sahiwal Central Jail. He had killed his wife, brother-in-law and sister-in-law over a domestic feud in 2002.
OCTOBER 1, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN FAISALABAD
Two death row convicts were hanged in the Central Jail of Faisalabad. Shoukat and Ikhlaq had killed two
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED IN LAHORE
A death row convict, identified as Mushtaq, was hanged at the Kot Lakhpat Jail
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO MURDER CONVICTS, INCLUDING A JUVENILE OFFENDER, EXECUTED IN PUNJAB
At least two murder convicts, including a juvenile offender, were executed in Punjab.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN COURT DELAYS PARAPLEGIC'S EXECUTION
A Pakistan court has postponed the execution of a paraplegic prisoner, after human rights groups voiced concerns that his hanging would constitute "cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment."
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ONE DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED IN LAHORE
A murder convict identified as Imran was hanged in the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore. He had killed a man
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES FOR NINE MILITANTS LINKED TO TERRORIST ATTACKS
Pakistan's army announced the death penalty for nine hardline militants linked to a series of terrorist attacks
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PML-N LEADER’S MURDER
An anti-terrorism court awarded death sentence on two counts to two suspects and imprisonment to two
SEPTEMBER 19, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: NO MERCY FOR MEN ACCUSED OF BLASPHEMY
A division bench of the Lahore High Court has dismissed appeals of two brothers accused of blasphemy
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE MURDER CONVICTS HANGED IN DIFFERENT JAILS, ANOTHER ESCAPES THE NOOSE
Three death-row prisoners convicted of murder were executed in Pakistan in different jails and another escaped the noose.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR DEATH ROW PRISONERS HANGED
Four death row prisoners were hanged in the jails of Lahore, Faisalabad, Bahawalpur and Vehari. The dead bodies of the prisoners were handed to their families.