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 13, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI DRUG SMUGGLER BEHEADED
A man who was convicted of smuggling heroin in his intestines has become the seventh Pakistani beheaded
- OCTOBER 28, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: EU LINKS MARKET ACCESS WITH ABOLISHING OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
The European Union has demanded Pakistan to abolish the death penalty by retaining a moratorium on
OCTOBER 16, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR ASIA BIBI UPHELD BY THE HIGH COURT
A Pakistani court upheld the death penalty for Asia Bibi, a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy in 2010.
OCTOBER 2, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT SENTENCED TO DEATH
Sargodha District and Session Judge Malik Sajid Ali awarded death sentence to a man accused of murder
SEPTEMBER 25, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: POLICEMAN KILLS CHRISTIAN ACCUSED OF BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani policeman shot two men in jail, killing one accused of blasphemy and wounding another
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI BEHEADED FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani who attempted to smuggle heroin into the kingdom, the interior ministry
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A court sentenced a man to death in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan, for murdering a shopkeeper. Three other
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT STAYS HANGING OF A MURDERER SET TO BE EXECUTED ON 18 SEPTEMBER
A Pakistani court postponed for almost a month the hanging of a murderer in what would have been the
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: PAKISTANI CHRISTIANS DEPORTED DESPITE POSSIBLE DEATH SENTENCE
United Nations officials said Sri Lanka has begun sending Pakistani asylum seekers, including Christians,
- AUGUST 26, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS INCLUDING A PAKISTANI CITIZEN
- AUGUST 14, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO PEOPLE BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MURDER
- JULY 21, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
In two different murder cases in Pakistan, Syed Muzafar Ali Shah Additional Sessions Judge awarded death