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 27, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sindhar sentenced Naveed to death for killing New Murree resident Ejaz Ahmed.
- JULY 25, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Manzoor Hussain...
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Manzoor Hussain...
- 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, 2009PakistanDEATH 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.