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
JUNE 11, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYEU DEMANDS PAKISTAN TO REINSTATE MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
The European Union demanded the Pakistani government to reinstate moratorium on death penalty to fully respect all of its international obligations.
JUNE 10, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE MURDER CONVICTS, INCLUDING A JUVENILE OFFENDER, HANGED IN LAHORE AND FAISALABAD
three more murder convicts, including a juvenile offender, were sent to the gallows in Lahore and Faisalabad.
JUNE 9, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR CONDEMNED KILLERS EXECUTED IN PUNJAB JAILS
Four death row inmates were hanged till their death at the gallows in jails of different Punjab cities early in the morning, raising the total number of executions to at least 156 since Pakistan reversed the self-imposed moratorium on the death penalty in
JUNE 6, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO CONVICTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Jaranwala additional sessions judge sentenced two men to death he convicted of murder. Prosecution
- JUNE 4, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO MORE DEATH ROW PRISONERS HANGED
two more death row prisoners were sent to the gallows in Lahore and Mianwali, raising the total number of
JUNE 3, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DOUBLE MURDER CONVICT EXECUTED IN KOT LAKHPAT JAIL
A double murder convict was executed at the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore. Javed alias Jeeda had killed two
- JUNE 2, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
five more murder convicts have been sent to the gallows in Sahiwal, Mianwali, Sargodha, Attock and Rawalpindi.
five more murder convicts have been sent to the gallows in Sahiwal, Mianwali, Sargodha, Attock and Rawalpindi.
MAY 30, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DOUBLE MURDER CONVICT HANGED IN SARGODHA
a double murder convict was sent to the gallows in the District Jail of Sargodha.
- MAY 28, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 9 DEATH ROW CONVICTS EXECUTED IN VARIOUS JAILS OF THE COUNTRY
Nine more death row prisoners were hanged in seven jails of Pakistan between May 27 and 28.
- MAY 27, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 9 MORE DEATH ROW PRISONERS HANGED IN VARIOUS CITIES
At least nine more murder convicts were sent to the gallows in Lahore, Vehari, Gujrat, Sargodha, Rawalpindi and Machh, raising the total number of executions to at least 131 since Pakistan reversed the self-imposed moratorium on the death penalty in Decem
MAY 26, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 11 DEATH ROW CONVICTS EXECUTED IN NINE JAILS ACROSS PUNJAB AND BALOCHISTAN
Eleven death row prisoners were hanged for murder in Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Sargodha, Jhelum, Machh, Gujranwala, Sahiwal and Toba Tek Singh, raising the total number of executions to at least 122 since Pakistan reversed the self-imposed moratorium on
- MAY 23, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR MURDER CONVICTS HANGED IN LAHORE, MULTAN AND SAHIWAL
At least four murder convicts were sent to the gallows in the jails of Lahore, Multan and Sahiwal, raising the total number of executions to 111 since Pakistan reversed the self-imposed moratorium on the death penalty in December 2014 after the Taliban sc