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
- JUNE 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR ABDUCTING, KILLING BOY
in Pakistan, anti-terrorism court Judge Tahir Pervaiz sentenced Muhammad Abid to death, find him Rs 200,000, and ordered the confiscation of his assets.
- JUNE 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Sialkot District and Session Judge Manzoor Hussain Dogar sentenced Muhammad Yousaf to death and life imprisonment and fined him seventy thousand rupees.
- JUNE 9, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE
a Saudi court sentenced an unidentified Pakistani to death for raping a girl and filming her for blackmail. Police arrested the bus driver in the western Red Sea port of Jeddah after the university student complained that he raped her inside the universit
- JUNE 1, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DOUBLE MURDER
in Karachi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Court judge Sagheer Ahmed Shaikh, of the East Judicial Complex, sentenced Mohammad Ovais...
- MAY 28, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING TEENAGER
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge South Abdul Razzak sentenced Mohammed Yousuf...
- MAY 19, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TRIPLE MURDER CASE ACCUSED GETS DEATH
in Pakistan, Chakwal Additional District and Sessions Judge Nisar Baig sentenced Tariq Hussain to death and fined him rupees one lack for his involvement in the famous triple murder case of Kahut village...
- MAY 18, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, Rawalpindi District and Sessions Judge Nazir Ahmed Kajana...
MAY 18, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE TO JUVENILES
National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) and organizations working in Pakistan
- MAY 17, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Vehari, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge M Sadique sentenced Rizwan to death and seven years imprisonment for shooting dead Muhamad Javed on a road while stealing his bike in the limits of Police Station Vehari.
- MAY 14, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH 7 TIMES
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Special Anti-Terrorist Court Judge Mian Anwar Nazir sentenced Asad to death seven times, 94 years in jail and fined him Rs1.2 million and Rs 670,000 for having killed six people.
- MAY 11, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Kasur Additional district & session judge Jazila Aslam sentenced Imran and Tariq to death for killing Siddique Akbar when resisted during a robbery some 18 months back under Saddar police station.
- MAY 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Islamabad, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Iqbal Chadhar sentenced Nasir Mehmood to death and fined him Rs100,000 for killing Muhammad Naveed over a domestic issue in 2009.