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
- APRIL 18, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN PAKISTAN FOR KILLING BROTHERS
an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan’s Faisalabad district sentenced Maqsood alias Soodi to death for fatally shooting two Christians, Rev. Rashid Emmanuel, 32, and his brother, Sajid Emmanuel, 30, on July 7 2010.
APRIL 10, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE PAKISTANIS SENT TO THE GALLOWS
three Pakistani citizens, imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for the past 13 years on murder and
- APRIL 8, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 AWARDED DEATH
in Chakwal, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Nisar Baig sentenced Noor Khan and Muhammad Akram, from Dhok Larri...
- APRIL 7, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ATC AWARDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Anti-Terrorism Court No.1 Judge Raja Muhammad Arshad sentenced Muhammad Farhan...
- APRIL 6, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY, RS 100,000 FINE
in Pakistan, Liaqatpur Additional district and sessions judge Malik Munir Ahmed Joyia sentenced Saddo to death and fined him Rs 100,000.
- APRIL 6, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Haji Ahmad sentenced Amjad to death and fined him Rs. 100,000 for killing Mian Jahangir over a monetary dispute at his Dera under Hadiara Police Station on January 8, 2005.
- APRIL 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 GET DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Session Judge Chunian Safdar Saleem Shahid sentenced Meraj Din and M Akram, alias Toti, to death for murdering Muhammad Haroon and Muhammad Hanif in village Fateh Muhammad Kalan. The court also fined them Rs 100
- APRIL 1, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAK PREZ GIVES ASSENT FOR REVIEW OF ZULFIKAR'S DEATH SENTENCE
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari gave his assent to a proposal to ask the Supreme Court to review the death sentence awarded to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The proposal will now be sent to the Supreme Court.
- MARCH 31, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF ATTACK CASE: SC REJECTS REVIEW PLEA OF TWO CONVICTS
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry of the Pakistani Supreme Court...
- MARCH 29, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDER
in Jaranwala, Pakistan, a court sentenced Imtiaz Ahmad of Chak to death and fined him Rs 200,000 for killing his father-in-law Abdul Sattar on April 4, 2009, with a club in his bathroom, under Sadar police station.
- MARCH 28, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in Ajman, the United Arab Emirates, sentenced a Pakistani identified as SH to death for murdering compatriot Emirat Alyoum following a dispute, a newspaper reported.
- MARCH 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SHARJAH COURT FREES 8 PUNJABI YOUTHS OF MURDER CHARGE
judges Abul Majd Al Sharqawi, Ehab and Aidroos of the Shariat court in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, put its seal on the blood money accepted by the father of a murdered Pakistani youth and freed 8 Indians from Punjab and 2 Pakistanis of all charges