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
- MARCH 2, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN MURDER CASE
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional district & session judge Jazeela Aslam sentenced Safarash Ali to death for fatally shooting Shahzad Ali about two years back in the jurisdiction of Khaddian police station.
- MARCH 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Pakpattan, Pakistan, an Additional District and Sessions Judge sentenced Sher Muhammad to death for fatally stabbing Muhammad Sadiq and Abdul Majeed of Mazafarabad in 2006.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICEMEN
in Karachi, Pakistan, Judge Syed Hasan Shah Bukhari of the Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced Kamran and Farhan to death for killing two policemen, identified as Ishaque and Moharam Ali, on October 12, 2006, in the limits of the Shah Latif Town police station
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LI HOLDS PUBLIC EXECUTION OF TRIBESMAN
in the Tirah Valley of the Khyber Agency in Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Islam publicly...
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Tandlianwala, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhery Tariq Javed sentenced...
- FEBRUARY 25, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, a division bench of the Lahore High Court upheld the death sentence of Sarfraz, Nadeem and two others.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
in Mianwali, Pakistan, District & Session Judge Sardar Ahmed Nasim sentenced Nadeem Ramzan to death for murdering his relative Kausar Bibi in mohalla Miana Mianwali about four months back. Ramzan was also ordered to pay Rs 200,000 to the victim’s heirs.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Tanvir Akbar sentenced...
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ATC AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Anti Terrorist Court Special Judge Anwer Nazir sentenced Rab Nawaz to death for shooting dead Hassan Jamal and Muhammad Ramzan over a minor dispute at Mitha Tiwana in 2007.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH, LIFE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
in Gojra, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed Muzaffar Shah sentenced...
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: GOVT MULLING ENDING DEATH SENTENCE: MALIK
Pakistani Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced during question hour in the National Assembly that the government was actively considering ending the death sentence, except regarding the most heinous crimes.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED FOR MURDER
in Hafizabad, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge...