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
OCTOBER 4, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF AUN RIZVI MURDER CASE CONVICT
justices Jillani, Khosa and Muslim of the Pakistani Supreme Court upheld the death sentence
- OCTOBER 3, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: PETITION FILED AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
lawyer G M Chaudhry filed a petition at the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan challenging the death sentence of Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri for murdering Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer.
- OCTOBER 1, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TO THE GALLOWS
in Pakistan, Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Syed Pervez Ali Shah sentenced Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri to death and fined him Rs 200,000 for the murder of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer on January 4, 2011, for making “blasphemous statements”.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, Rawalpindi Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Iqbal sentenced Shahid Hassan to death and fined him Rs100,000 for burning his wife to death.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry sentenced Shaukat Hussain to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for killing Amjad Hussain Kiani on May 3, 2008.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Iqbal sentenced Rustam Khan to death and fined him Rs100,000 for killing and robbing Yasmeen in her room.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SIALKOT LYNCHING
the Gujranwala anti-terrorism court in Pakistan sentenced seven people to death for lynching of brothers Hafiz Muneeb and Hafiz Mughees in Buttar village, Sialkot, on August 15, 2010.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO TWO FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, the Faisalabad Anti Terrorism Court awarded the death sentence on two counts with 236 years imprisonment to each of the two accused involved in a dacoity-cum-triple-murder case of City Jaranwala Police Station.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER UPHELD
a federal shariat court bench in Lahore, Pakistan, dismissed the appeals of Qaiser Mehmood and Shaban against their death sentences.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: PAKISTANI MAN EXECUTED ON DRUGS CHARGES
China executed by lethal injection Pakistani man Zahid Husain Shah, 35, in Shanghai. He was
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF WIFE, DAUGHTER
in Pakistan, Faisalabad Anti Terrorist Court No 1 judge Raja Muhammad Arshad sentenced Nasir Iqbal to death for setting his wife Sobia and daughter Kashfa, 10, on fire on April 19, 2011, causing their deaths.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
LAHORE HIGH COURT DISMISSES PLEA TO STOP SARABJIT'S POSSIBLE CLEMENCY
in Pakistan, the Lahore high court dismissed the petition filed by Rana Ilamuddin Ghazi contending that the President of Pakistan could not commute the death sentence of Indian national Sarabjit Singh into life imprisonment.