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
- DECEMBER 22, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COURT CONVICTS TWO FOR KILLING 12 PEOPLE
in Multan, Pakistan, Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) No 1 judge Sarwar Saleemullah sentenced Ghulam Abbas to death and 30 years in prison and sentenced Muhammad Ajmal to death and 15 years imprisonment.
- DECEMBER 21, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
an Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan awarded the death sentence to an accused of kidnapping and confiscated his property.
- DECEMBER 19, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COURTS CONVICT THREE OF MURDER IN SEPARATE CASES
three different Additional District and Sessions courts in Kasur, Pakistan, handed down death sentences along with Rs 100,000 fines to three convicts in separate cases.
- DECEMBER 19, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH FOR MURDER OF COP
the Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) No 1 in Pakistan awarded capital punishment to Eid Muhammad and Muhammad Younis for murdering former policeman Raja Saqlain in July 2004.
- DECEMBER 18, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING WIFE, DAUGHTER
in Allahabad, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Shyamlal, sentenced Ram Samujh Yadav, a resident of Kharnayeepur village in Baharia police station area of the district, to death.
- DECEMBER 18, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Khushab, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Manzoor Ahmed Mirza sentenced Muhammad Hayat to death and fined him Rs 100,000.
- DECEMBER 17, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: BLACK WARRANTS FOR CONDEMNED PRISONER ISSUED
in Mianwali, Pakistan, District and Sessions judge Sargodha issued a black warrant for Sultan Ahmed, who is being held in Mianwali Central jail.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakpattan, Pakistan, a District and Sessions Judge sentenced a man identified as Sarfaraz to death for shooting his wife Yasmeen dead in January 2008 over domestic issues.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE AWARDED DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
a Special Anti-Terrorism court in Pakistan awarded the death sentence on four counts to Aftab, Nawaz, and Faisal for kidnapping Iqbal Hussain and later releasing him for Rs 15 million ransom.
- DECEMBER 8, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge, Nisar Baig awarded capital punishment to Mudassar for killing Mazhar Baloch in the limits of Sadr police station over an old enmity in 2007.
- DECEMBER 5, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Jazeela Aslam sentenced two people to death.
- DECEMBER 3, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED FOR KILLING BROTHER
in Gujranwala, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Asghar Ali Khan sentenced Iftikhar to death and ordered him to pay Rs 200,000 compensation.