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
- JUNE 11, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Swabi, Pakistan, additional district and sessions judge Chota Lahor tehsil sentenced Liaq Mohammad, of Jalsai village, to death for killing five members of a family on March 1, 2007.
- JUNE 10, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Session judge Sarfraz Akhtar sentenced Mughal Pura resident Bilal Haidar to death for killing 10-year-old Aqsa after raping her on September 29, 2009, under Mansoorabad police station. He was also directed to pay Rs.1 l
- JUNE 8, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: FIVE FOREIGNERS SENTENCED TO DEATH ON DRUGS CHARGES
in the United Arab Emirates, an Abu Dhabi court sentenced five foreigners to death in two separate
- JUNE 8, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING CHILD
in Lahore, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Muhammad Rafique sentenced Chuhang resident Ghulam Hussain to death for killing a six-year old boy, Ali, after sodomising him in 2007.
JUNE 8, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TALIBAN STAGE PUBLIC EXECUTION IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN
the Pakistani Taliban staged a public execution in North Waziristan after an Islamic court convicted the
- JUNE 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDER
in Muridke, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Younis Aziz sentenced Saleem to death for strangling Zohaib Azam, 3, of Nain Sukh, after sodomising him in 2007.
- JUNE 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN RAPE AND MURDER CASE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, an Additional District and Sessions judge sentenced Naseer Ahmed to death and fined him Rs300,000 for raping and murdering three-year-old boy Aroon Khalid on November 10, 2009.
- JUNE 4, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KASAB FILES APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
Pakistani Ajmal Kasab challenged his death sentence for killing 166 people in a terrorist attack on Mumbai in the Bombay High Court.
- JUNE 4, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Manzoor Hussain Dogar sentenced Shehzad to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for killing his wife on November 28, 2008.
JUNE 3, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ZARDARI SIGNS CONVENTIONS ON CIVIL RIGHTS, TORTURE
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has signed the instrument of ratification for the International
- JUNE 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Anjum Raza Syed sentenced Sabir...
- JUNE 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 1 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pak Pattan, Pakistan, Additional Session Judge Arifwala sentenced Salim to death for murdering Ghulam Farid and injuring his brother Hanif in the case registered by the Qabula Police.