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
- JULY 19, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Anjum Raza Syed sentenced Saad Ullah to death for murdering Nadeem over a property dispute on October 31, 2008.
- JULY 17, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
in Lahore, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Waseem sentenced Muhammad Aslam to death for killing his wife with a sickle on August 17, 2005.
- JULY 16, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 GET DEATH SENTENCE
in Nowshera, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Babar Ali sentenced Fayyaz, alias Fayyazay, and Abdur Razzaq to death for killing Nizampur resident Rambeel Bibi and his two sons for not paying extortion money. The pair were also fined Rs2 million each.
- JULY 16, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SHC RESERVES JUDGMENT IN RAPE, MURDER CASE
a division bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) in Pakistan headed by Justice Shahid Anwar Bajwa reserved its judgment on appeals of ex-policemen Noor Mohammad.
JULY 16, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TALIBAN EXECUTE TWO TRIBESMEN
the Taliban in northwest Pakistan publicly executed two unidentified tribesmen accused of spying
- JULY 11, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: EXECUTION DEFERRED
in Pakistan, the execution of Farooq, who was scheduled to be hung on July 10...
- JULY 11, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH, FINE FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ch Muhammad Javed sentenced Rab Nawaz to death for killing Ahmad Khan over a water dispute some time ago.
- JULY 6, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: JIRGA AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO COUPLE
a jirga in Pakistan’s Torghar district, formerly known as Kala Dhaka, sentenced a couple to death for allegedly having illicit relations. Tribesman Zarkat, and a woman, a mother of three, might be stoned to death if verdict of the jirga is implemented.
- JULY 4, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Pasrur, Pakistan, Additional District & Sessions Judge Ali Dastgeer Syed sentenced Jawad Ahmad and Anas Ahmad to death and fined them Rs 200,000 each for killing a youth Asif over an old land dispute in Galleywali-Pasrur village a few years ago
- JULY 2, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO 3 FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Azhar Abbas, Muhammad Nawaz and Muhammad Sarwar of Haveli Bahadar Shah, Jhang, were sentenced to death for shooting dead Tasawar Abbas and Taj at Head Trimu to avenge an enmity on August 14, 2006.
- JULY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR GET DEATH FOR MURDER
in Larkana, Pakistan, a Qambar-Shahdadkot district and session judge sentenced Akhtiar Ali Sanghro, Zulfikar Ali Sanghro, Mohammed Sharif Sanghro and Gulzar Ali Sanghro to death for murdering Abdul Hameed Sanghro.
- JULY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 3 AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sundhar sentenced Waqas Kiani, Qaiser Mehmood and Sajjad Ahmed to death for murdering Malik Ghulam Khan under Westridge Police Station in 2006.