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 14, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: BLASPHEMY ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH
A sessions court in Pakistan handed down the death sentence and imposed a fine of Rs100,000 on a
JUNE 10, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: A MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
an anti-terrorism court in Karachi awarded capital punishment to the mastermind of the Pakistan Industrial
APRIL 5, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COUPLE GET DEATH SENTENCES FOR BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani Christian couple have been sentenced to death for blasphemy after allegedly sending a text
MARCH 27, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: A CHRISTIAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani court found Sawan Masih, a 35-year-old Christian, guilty of blasphemy and sentenced him to death.
MARCH 26, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: INTERIOR MINISTER ANNOUNCED THE SUSPENSION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
Pakistan has suspended the implementation of the death sentence for an indefinite period, the country's Interior Minister Chaudry Nisar Ali told the Parliament.
- MARCH 26, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DRUG SMUGGLING CASES, 70% OF DEATH SENTENCES QUASHED BY HIGHER COURTS
Seventy per cent of the death sentences awarded by the country’s lower judiciary on drug smuggling
MARCH 18, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Ali Zulqarnain in Lahore awarded death sentence to a man,
- MARCH 9, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: PAKISTANI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A 30-year-old Pakistani man in Dubai (UAE) was sentenced to death for trafficking four kilogrammes of
MARCH 1, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH, 4 JAILED FOR LIFE IN WALI BABAR MURDER CASE
An anti-terrorism court in Kandhkot, Pakistan, announced sentences in Geo News reporter Wali Khan
FEBRUARY 17, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYCOUPLE 'STONED TO DEATH' IN SOUTHWEST PAKISTAN: OFFICIALS
A tribal couple in southwest Pakistan have been stoned to death allegedly on the orders of a local cleric
- FEBRUARY 8, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
In Pakistan, the Sindh High Court (SHC) dismissed the appeal of a former police constable against his
- FEBRUARY 7, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 84-YEAR-OLD CONVICT ON DEATH ROW GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
A man who was sentenced to death in Pakistan heaved a sigh of relief as the Sindh High Court (SHC)