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
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH ON TWO COUNTS
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Pervaiz Akhtar sentenced Raheemullah to death and fined him Rs200,000 for killing Salman, 7, after sexually assaulting him.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Islamabad, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Iqbal sentenced Wahid Gul to death for killing Shaheen Akhtar and wounding six others over a petty dispute on August 4, 2008.
- AUGUST 21, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TRIBESMAN EXECUTED FOR SPYING ON TALIBAN
tribesmen Shabir Jan and Badsha Wali, both from Razmak, were executed by the Taliban in Miranshah, Pakistan, on charges of spying.
- AUGUST 21, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
in Gujranwala, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Muhammad Abdul Nasir sentenced Bashir Ahmad to death and fined him Rs 100,000.
- AUGUST 12, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
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- AUGUST 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
SARABJIT SINGH'S DEATH SENTENCE 'STAYED' BY MUSHARRAF GOVERNMENT: ZARDARI'S OFFICE
Pakistan said that Indian national Sarabjit Singh's mercy petition is not pending in President Asif Ali Zardari's office, as his execution was already stayed by the 'previous government'.
- AUGUST 4, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ACCUSED GETS DEATH PENALTY IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Badin Anti-terrorism Court judge Salim Patoli sentenced Pannu Sorjo to death for murdering Ummer khalsai, Din Muhammad Khalsai and Shaban Khalsi, all from Suto Dalmeo village, in July 2009.
- AUGUST 4, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
the Multan Anti terrorism court in Pakistan sentenced Kashif and Ramzan to death and ten years imprisonment and fined them Rs 200,000, for killing Maxhar, 16, and throwing acid on him on August 20, 2009. The case was registered with Gulgasht police statio
- AUGUST 2, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH PENALTY, RS 200,000 FINE
in Gujranwala, Pakistan, Sessions judge Syed Kazim Raza sentenced...
- JULY 31, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR GET DEATH IN KIDNAP, MURDER CASE
in Karachi, Pakistan, Judge Syed Hasan Shah Bukhari of Anti Terrorism Court-I sentenced Orangzaib, Ghulam Rasool, Ahsanullah and Amanullah to death for killing Shah Faisal, 21, after kidnapping him on August 14, 2009, within the remit of the Sachal police
- JULY 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SHC REJECTS DEATH ROW CONVICT’S APPEAL IN CHILD RAPE CASE
the Sindh High Court in Pakistan rejected the appeal of Bashir Ahmed, who was sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court for raping a minor girl.
- JULY 26, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Okara, Pakistan, Additional District & Session Judge Kaiser Nazir Butt sentenced Imran to death and 6-months rigorous imprisonment for killing Maqsood Maqbool over an old enmity.