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
- APRIL 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Syed Hasan Shah Bukhari of the Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced Kamran Yousuf and Farhan Hashmi to death for murdering policeman Mohammad Ashraf on June 30, 2006, in the limits of the Shara-e-Faisal police station
- APRIL 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the Lahore High Court in Pakistan acquitted three brothers convicted of murder.
the Lahore High Court in Pakistan acquitted three brothers convicted of murder.
- APRIL 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICEMAN
Judge Syed Hasan Shah Bukhari of the Anti-terrorism court 1 in Karachi, Pakistan...
- APRIL 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN, SONS SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, an additional district and sessions judge sentenced Mauladad and his sons Mohammad Imran and Mohammad Mutahir to death for killing a union council nazim Raja Riasat and his son Hamid Mehmood on October 13, 2009, over a property is
- APRIL 28, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sundhar sentenced Muhammad Rasib to death for killing Muhammad Aqeel in 2006.
- APRIL 28, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Gujranwala, Pakistan, Special Court No 2 Judge Rana Nisar Ahmad sentenced Shahwez to death for killing four people in Kunjah. According to a handout issued here Tuesday, two accused have already been sentenced to death five times in the same case.
- APRIL 27, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Shaukat Kamal Dar sentenced Muhammad Faisal of Fauji Chowk Peoples Colony to death for killing his friend Muhammad Siddique over a monetary dispute on July 24, 2009.
- APRIL 26, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SHC UPHOLDS CONVICT’S DEATH SENTENCE
Justices Amir Hani Muslim and Justice Syed Zakir Hussain of the Sindh High Court in Pakistan upheld the death sentence awarded in 2007 by the Karachi Anti-Terrorism Court V to Saleem Ahmed Bablu for raping and murdering a three-year-old girl.
- APRIL 22, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COURT CONVICTS TWO FOR MURDER
in Gujranawala, Pakistan, Anti-Terrorism Court No.II Judge Rana Nisar Ahmad Khan sentenced Shahwaz to death for fatally shooting Nazir Ahmad and his three sons in Shadiwal village on June 20, 2004, over a property dispute in Gujrat.
- APRIL 22, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
in Sahiwal, Pakistan, Additional District & Session Judge Haji Ahmed sentenced Mohy-ud-din to death and fined him Rs. one-Lac for killing co-student Muhammad Rasheed with a bat during a cricket match at Government High School September 7, 2007.
- APRIL 16, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
Special Judge Ahmad of the Lahore Anti-Terrorist Court in Pakistan sentenced Muhammad Navid, Qari Shabir and Qasim Ali to death for murder of the owner of a leather garments factory in Muridke. The three were also fined Rs 100,000 each.
- APRIL 9, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 3 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING SISTERS
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Jehangir Mir sentenced Najeeb Khan, Ghulam Farid and Sahib Khan to death for killing two sisters...