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
- 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
- MARCH 24, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ATC AWARDS DEATH PENALTY
in Sargodha, Paksitan, Anti Terrorism Court Judge Muhammad Anwar Nazir sentenced Abdul Aziz, Amir Hayat and Abdul Hameed to death.
- MARCH 23, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED TO LIFE
the Supreme Appellate Court of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan commuted the death sentences of Mir Ahmed and Dolat Shah to life imprisonment.
- MARCH 18, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Kasur District & Sessions judge Nazeer Ahmed Gajan...
MARCH 16, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: BLOOD MONEY – CIA CONTRACTOR ACQUITTED OF MURDERS
Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor, who was alleged to have shot and killed two men
- MARCH 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN DEATH ROW PRISONERS 'LANGUISH IN JAIL'
More than 8,000 prisoners sentenced to death by Pakistani courts over the past 20 years
- MARCH 11, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Chakwal, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Sohail Akram sentenced Shaukat Iqbal, Qasim Naseeb and Atif Khalid, all residents of Waula village of tehsil Choa Syedan Shah, to death for murdering Mudassir Nafees on March 27, 2009.
- MARCH 10, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SIX GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Kasur Additional District and Sessions Judge Jazila Aslam sentenced Sarja, Rehmat
- MARCH 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Joharabad District and Sessions Judge Mian Mureed Hussain sentenced Wali Daad to death for gunning down Muhammad Ashraf over water dispute on February 25, 2009, under Quaidabad Police Station. He was also ordered to pay Rs 100,000 compensatio
- MARCH 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: BLASPHEMY ACCUSED GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Jhelum, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Tariq Mehmood Zargham sentenced Malik Ashraf
- MARCH 7, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Chakwal Additional District & Sessions Judge Abu-Al-Hasnat Zulqarnain...
- MARCH 4, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Attock, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Anwar Ahmed Khan sentenced Syedan Shah, resident of Khyber Agency, to death and fined him Rs200,000 for smuggling 15 kg of heroin in October 2010 in Attock.