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
- JULY 24, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Shahid Mahmood handed down the death sentence to Sajjad Farooq in a murder case under Pattoki city police station.
- JULY 24, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ch Muhammad Shafiq awarded the death sentence along with a fine of Rs 100,000 to Saleem, alias Shankar Masih, in a murder case under Raiwind Police Station.
- JULY 23, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
Additional district and session judge Muhammad Ajmal Hussain awarded capital punishment and a fine of Rs 100,000 to an accused involved in a murder case in Kotli Rai Abu Bakar village, Pakistan. Nisar Ahmed allegedly shot dead Shaoukat Ali of same village
- JULY 22, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SARABJIT SINGH FILES FRESH APPLICATION IN SUPREME COURT
a fresh application has been filed before the Pakistan Supreme Court seeking review of its decision to dismiss the Indian death row inmate Sarabjit Singh's petition challenging his death penalty.
- JULY 21, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahrukh Tarar awarded the death sentence to Haji Iftikhar and fined him Rs50,000.
- JULY 17, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Raja Pervaiz Akhter sentenced Muhammad...
- JULY 17, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO ONE
in Jaranwala, Pakistan, Additional district and session judge Farooq...
- JULY 15, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CONDEMNED PRISONER TO BE HANGED ON JULY 28
Allah Ditta, a prisoner on death row, will be hanged on July 28 at Bahawalpur Central Jail in Pakistan
- JULY 15, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, District and sessions judge Sargodha Syed Hamid Hussain awarded the death sentence to Mohammad Nawaz for murdering his wife Zahida in 2008.
- JULY 8, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sindhar awarded the death sentence to a murder case convict and imposed a Rs 0.1 million fine as compensation for family of the deceased.
- JULY 2, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ACCUSED IN MURDER CASE AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Baddin, Pakistan, IInd Additional Sessions Judge Ghulam Rasool awarded the death sentence to accused in murder case. Yousaf Mehran Poto was also fined Rs 100,000 for the murder.
- JULY 2, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: HUSBAND GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR KILLING SPOUSE
in Pakpattan, Pakistan, an Additional District and Sessions Judge awarded capital punishment to a man and fined him Rs 100,000. According to the prosecution, Muhammad Younus killed his wife Shamim Akhtar in chak Rasoolpur in 2007.