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 15, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 10 DRUG DEALERS GET DEATH IN KHOR FAKKAN
a criminal court in Khor Fakkan, UAE, sentenced 10 men to death after they were
- NOVEMBER 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Second Additional District and Session Judge Javed Ahmed Keerio sentenced Miral Mangrio to death for murdering Imdad Ali Mangrio in 2008 in Dadu city in a dispute over a family marriage.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING TWO BROTHERS
in Pakistan, Sialkot Additional District and Sessions Judge Sheikh Sajjad sentenced Jaffar Hussain and Sajjad Butt to death and 13 years imprisonment each, and sentenced Luqman Butt to death.
NOVEMBER 1, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 3 EXECUTED ON ORDERS OF TRIBAL COUNCIL
Two Pakistani soldiers and a woman were publicly executed on the orders of a tribal council in the
- OCTOBER 29, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY
in Arifwala, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Mian Muhammad Khalil Naaz sentenced Bashir Ahmad to death for fatally assaulting Mudassar and Ghulam Murtaza in 2009. Ghulam died in Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, after 12 days.
- OCTOBER 14, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 3 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
an anti-terrorism court in Sargodha, Pakistan, sentenced Umer Hayat, Khizer Hayat and Rifat Hayat to death for abducting and killing Arslan from Khushab on May 29, 2011, for Rs 5m ransom.
- OCTOBER 14, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, an Additional district and sessions judge sentenced Muhammad Ramazan to death for murdering Muhammad Gulfam and wounding his father Aulia Khan on October 27, 2010, over a land dispute.
- OCTOBER 14, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Mailsi, Pakistan, Additional District & Sessions judge Ghulam Dastagir sentenced a man identified as Altaf to death and fined him 0.2 million for murdering Muhammad Waqas Qasim.
- OCTOBER 12, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE
the Lahore High Court in Pakistan set aside the death sentence awarded by a trial court in Hafizabad to Ghulam Abbas, Jahnagir, Kashif Sajjad, and Ilyas for killing advocate Rana Arshad.
- OCTOBER 10, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT STAYS AJMAL KASAB’S DEATH SENTENCE
the Indian Supreme Court stayed the execution of 26/11 terror attack accused and Pakistani national Ajmal Amir Kasab and admitted his appeal against his death penalty.
- OCTOBER 7, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Vehari Additional District and Sessions Judge Perwaiz Ismail Joyia sentenced M Isaac, Sardar Muhammad, Saeed Ahmad, Nazeer ahmad and Asghar Ali to death for murdering Tasleem Bibi, her brothers Sajid and Khalid and her sister Saadia over an o
- OCTOBER 5, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR DOUBLE MURDER
in Lahore, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Arif Hameed Sheikh sentenced Muhammad Siddique to death and ordered him to pay Rs200,000 compensation to the heirs of the victims.