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
- MAY 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ghulam Murtaza sentenced Akram to death for murdering Umar Hayat, of Gujjar Basti, in 2010 over a minor dispute
- MAY 6, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Malik Mushtaq Elahi sentenced Imtiaz Shah and Akram Bhatti to death and fined them Rs 400,000 for fatally shooting Aqeel Shah on July 18, 2009. The case was registered with Miani police station.
- MAY 6, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH, FINE
in Gujranwala, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Abdul Nasir sentenced Irfan to death and 8 years imprisonment and fined him Rs 100,000 onment for strangling the daughter of Dr Amanullah on November 10, 2009.
- MAY 5, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY, RS 100,000 FINE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Liaqatpur Additional district and sessions judge Malik Munir Ahmed Joya sentenced Ghulam Akbar to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for murdering Rehmat Khan. A case was filed with Shedani Sharif police station.
- MAY 2, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI FACING DEATH DESPITE PAYING DIYAT
the stunned family of Pakistani citizen Rahmul Wahab...
- APRIL 28, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDERS
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Yousuf Aujla awarded the death sentence to Aurengzaib to death and ordered him to pay Rs 1,100,000 compensation to the victims' families for killing Muhammad Ashraf in Green Town police limits and Murtaz
- APRIL 27, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH ON TWO COUNTS FOR MURDER
Additional District and Sessions Judge Sardar Tahir Sabir sentenced Ubaid Masih and Shakir Ali to death for stabbing Shahzad to death while trying to rob his house in North Cantt on September 9, 2005.
- APRIL 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE MEN GET DEATH SENTENCE ON TWO COUNTS
in Pakistan, Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorist Court Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan sentenced Imran Rashid, Rizwan Rashid and Muhammad Aijaz to death for kidnapping for ransom and murdering Qazi Abdul Sattar on September 17, 2008.
- APRIL 25, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS THREE TIMES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
in Vehari, Pakistan, Additional and Sessions Judge Bashir Ahmad Chaudhry sentenced Javed Abbas to death and fined him Rs 300,000 for killing Aqeel Anwar, Mohammad Anwar and Rasheedan Bibi over a family feud at chak No 15-WB a few years ago.
APRIL 22, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE DEATH SENTENCES STAYED
the government of Saudi Arabia has stayed death sentence of three persons belonging
- APRIL 19, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Dera Murd Jamali, Pakistan, Nasirabad Additional Session Judge Syed Anwar Aftab awarded capital punishment and a fine of Rupees one lakh to Nabi Bakhsh for fatally shooting Muhammad Ismail and Piara Khan on May 12, 2010, at DC Chowk.
- APRIL 19, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO MEN WALK FREE AS SHC SETS ASIDE DEATH PENALTY
Justice Mohammad Athar Saeed of the Sindh High Court in Pakistan set aside the death sentence handed down to Murad Ali and Haji Abdul Raheem on July 30, 2007 by Thatta’s additional district and sessions court.