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
JANUARY 10, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED IN RAPE AND MURDER CASE
A man, Gohar Ahmed alias Chaman, was sentenced to death in Pakistan for kidnapping
- JANUARY 1, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes...
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes...
- DECEMBER 24, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH FOR KILLING POLICEMAN
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Mushtaq Elahi Bingi sentenced Nazakat Ali, Mehboob, Farooq, Anwar and Ashraf to death and life imprisonment. The three allegedly killed a police officer on November 24, 2009.
- DECEMBER 19, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 3 BROTHERS AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
Rawalpindi Additional District and Sessions Judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry sentenced brothers Muhammad Shakil, Muhammad Shabbir and Muhammad Tanvir to death for killing Said Muhammad, Allah Noor, Manzoor Khan and Naseer Ahmed. The court also fined them Rs100,
- DECEMBER 16, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE BROTHERS GET DEATH SENTENCE
Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Javedul Hassan Chishti sentenced brothers Nasir, Adil and Muhammad Asif to death for killing Muhammad Mansha and Muhammad Ashfaq when they stopped the brothers from teasing women on January 5, 2006. The cour
- DECEMBER 1, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: INDIAN PRISONER’S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED, LHC TOLD
the superintendent of the Lahore Central Jail informed the Lahore High Court that Indian prisoner Surjit Singh was sent to the jail in 1985 as a condemned prisoner but now he is being treated as life imprisonment convict in the light of the general amnest
DECEMBER 1, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: DEATH UPHELD FOR TRIO IN MAKKAH MURDERS
the Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences issued in Saudi Arabia by
- NOVEMBER 30, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Peshawar, Pakistan, Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Anwar Ali Khan sentenced Ajab Khan to death and fined him Rs1 million, three years imprisonment and a fine of Rs50,000 for killing five people in Nowshera district in 2006.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Anti-Terrorist Court No.1 Judge Ishtiaq Ahmad sentenced Ahad Shah of Chak No.237-RB to death and fined him Rs 200,000.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG DEALING
in Lahore, Pakistan, Additional District & Sessions Judge Saeed Ullah Mughal sentenced Wazir Khan to death and fined him Rs 500,000 for possessing 30 kg of hashish on May 18, 2006.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: IHC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF KILLER OF WIFE, SON
in Pakistan, Chief Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman of the Islamabad High Court upheld the death sentence of Zahid Rehman for killing his wife and son.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: AJMAL KASAB HANDED DOWN DEATH SENTENCE
Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab was handed down the death sentence for his role in the 26