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 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.
- DECEMBER 2, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Shafqat Ali awarded capital punishment to Muhammad Aslam and fined him Rs 100,000.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Upper Dir, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Jehanzeb Shinwari sentenced Dosham Khan to death.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Malik Falk Sher sentenced Umer Farooq, alias Mithu, to death for killing a young man, Shahzad, over a minor dispute in Baragarh village.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Abdul Rehman Awan awarded the death sentence to Mukhtar Ahmed for killing Zafar Mehmood on November 24, 2004, with three other men.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in Manshera, Pakistan, Additional and Sessions Judge Kamal Shah awarded capital punishment to Mohammad Iftikhar and Gulfam for killing Amir Shazad, 18, in January 2004.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE MEN SPARED DEATH PENALTY, GET LIFE TERM
in Karachi, Pakistan, a full bench of the Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of three men to life imprisonment.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Ghaffar Jalil sentenced Faisal Abbas to death for
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Ayub Marth sentenced Mohammad Shahid and Mohammad Amin to death and fined them Rs 600,000 each.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FIVE CONVICTED FOR MURDER
in Bahawalnagar, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Ch. Nazir Ahmad sentenced five people to death for a dacoity-cum-murder case under Donga Bonga police station.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Manzoor Hussain Dogar awarded the death sentence and a fine of Rs 500,000 each to Shaukat Ali and Sher Ali.