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
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COURT AWARDS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
in Kot Momin, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Zia Ullah Khan Niazi sentenced Ghulam Abbas to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for murdering rival Shaukat on March 12, 2008, under Jhal Chakian police station.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH FOR KILLING CHILD
an anti-terrorism court in Lahore, Pakistan, sentenced Shaiban Akhter and Ihsan Akhter to death and 14-year vigorous imprisonment and fined them Rs 50,000 each.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Jameel Ahmed Ch sentenced Muhammad Ashraf and Nasir Mehmood to death and fined them rupees one lakh each for murdering taxi driver Waheed Ahmed by electrocution
- FEBRUARY 11, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH FOR THREE IN RAPE, MURDER
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sardar Tahir sentenced Khalid, Khurrum and Khushbakht to death for the murder and rape of a seven-year-old girl, Asia, in Saidpur in 2006. The court also sentenced them to life imprisonment and fined the
- FEBRUARY 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Bahawalpur Anti-terrorist Court judge Rana Muhammad Yousaf sentenced an unidentified man to death and fined him two and a half lakh for killing a police constable during an encounter.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: GILANI REJECTS PROPOSAL TO AMEND BLASPHEMY LAW
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani approved a recommendation to reject official proposals to amend Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law and to pardon a Christian woman sentenced to death for allegedly insulting Prophet Mohammed.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FIVE AWARDED DEATH SENTENCES
in Pakistan, Faisalabad Anti-Terrorist Court Judge Ch. Munir Ahmed sentenced Shakeel, Qasim, Javed Iqbal, Nasir Ali and Umer Hayat to death for kidnapping Qaiser...
- FEBRUARY 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH PENALTY ON THREE COUNT
in Sargodha, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Syed Hamid Hussain Shah sentenced Muhammad Farooq to death and fined him Rs 300,000 for murdering his wife and two daughters, Iqra ,4, and Insa, 5, about three years ago under Settlite Town police station
- FEBRUARY 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH UNDER BLASPHEMY LAW IN PAKISTAN
Muhammad Rafiq was sentenced to death by Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Riaz Ahmed in Bahawalpur city, Pakistan, for committing blasphemy.
FEBRUARY 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Rawalpindi Anti Terrorist Court Judge Mohammad Akram Awan sentenced Barkat
- FEBRUARY 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
a man named Rafiq was sentenced to death by an additional session judge in Pakistan
- FEBRUARY 1, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: BLOOD MONEY PAID IN SHARJAH COURT
eight Indians and two Pakistanis facing the death sentence in a murder case in the United Arab Emirates got a major reprieve as a Sharjah Sharia Court authorised the payment of blood money.