Pakistan
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- 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 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
in Chakwal, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Chakwal...
in Chakwal, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Chakwal...
- MAY 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Session Judge Bedar Bakht sentenced Siddhupura resident Pervaiz to death for murdering Ms Musarrat Bibi over a domestic dispute by burning her alive on February 14, 2008
- MAY 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF SON IN LAW
in Pakpattan, Pakistan, an Additional Session Judge sentenced Sadiq, a Tandu Allah Yar resident, to death and fined him rupees 2-Lac for stabbing his son in law Kashif to death at mohallah Muzaffarabad-Arifwala over the petty matter of serving him tea lat
- MAY 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Mansehra, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Shafique Ahmad Tanoli sentenced brothers Mohammad Irfan and Mohammad Adnan to death for murdering their father Misal Khan with an axe in Oghi, Rashid Abad area, over a domestic issue in 2009.
- MAY 28, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Raja Pervaiz Akhtar sentenced Abdul Ghafoor to death for killing Mehboob Hussain and Saifullah in the area of Rawat police station over a property issue on June 22, 1997.
- MAY 27, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED
in Sialkot, Pakistan, Additional District & Session Judge Narowal Musharraf Hassan...
- MAY 22, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH FOR FIVE FOR KIDNAPPING
a Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced Ikram Shah
- MAY 21, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE ON FIVE COUNTS
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Tanvir Akbar sentenced Khadim Hussain and Saeed Akhtar to death for murdering Jamshed Khan and his family with knives and axes on January 20, 2008.
- MAY 15, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
in Sahiwal, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Owais Ashraf Gilani sentenced Munzoor Ahmad to death for murder and fined him Rs 200,000.
- MAY 6, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MUMBAI GUNMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in India, judge M.L. Tahaliyani sentenced Pakistani Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab
- MAY 5, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Sargodha, Pakistan, three militants were sentenced to death by Anti-Terrorism Court judge Mian Muhammad Anwar Nazir for killing eight police officials and blowing up a check-post at Qudratabad on February 7, 2009.
- MAY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN INVOLVED IN MURDER CASE SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Mianwali, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Mushtaq Elahi Bangi sentenced Tahir Hameed to death.