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 27, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Ishtiaq Ahmad
Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Ishtiaq Ahmad
NOVEMBER 26, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling drugs to the ultra-conservative
- NOVEMBER 18, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM: PRESSURE ON BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO END SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS PROGRAMS IN IRAN AND PAKISTAN
The legal and human rights charity Reprieve has called on the United Kingdom to follow Ireland’s
NOVEMBER 17, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: PAKISTANI DRUG TRAFFICKER EXECUTED
A Pakistani drug trafficker was executed by firing squad at a South Tangerang cemetery early in the morning in the fifth death sentence carried out by Indonesian authorities since the government announced a renewed push to execute those convicted of capit
- NOVEMBER 11, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the anti-terrorism court (ATC), in Pakistan, awarded death sentences
the anti-terrorism court (ATC), in Pakistan, awarded death sentences
OCTOBER 30, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: NO PLAN TO ABOLISH DEATH SENTENCE, NISAR TELLS SENATE
Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan categorically stated that the government did
- OCTOBER 25, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR GET DEATH SENTENCE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
In Khairpur (Pakistan) third additional district and sessions judge Ghotki Shafi Muhammad
OCTOBER 5, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ZARDARI WELCOMES CONTINUATION OF MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
Former President Asif Ali Zardari has welcomed the government decision to continue with the policy of
OCTOBER 1, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT OF 8 PAKISTANIS SUSPENDED
Saudi Arabia, on the request of Pakistan embassy, has suspended the capital punishment
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING MINOR
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Mingora, Pakistan, awarded three times death sentence to two
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: TOP COURT OVERTURNS DEATH VERDICT ON 10 DRUG DEALERS
The UAE’s top court has annulled death sentences against 10 Pakistani drug dealers and reduced
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
an anti-terrorism court in Chakwal, Pakistan
an anti-terrorism court in Chakwal, Pakistan