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 11, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MOI TO PROPOSE DEATH PENALTY FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS
the advisor to the Pakistani Prime Minister of the Interior, A. Rehman Malik, said the Ministry of Interior is
- DECEMBER 3, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan commuted the death sentence of a convict into life imprisonment
the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan commuted the death sentence of a convict into life imprisonment
- NOVEMBER 30, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCE IN KIDNAPPING AND MURDER CASE
an Anti Terrorism Court in Pakistan handed down the death sentence on two counts to three accused after finding them guilty of kidnapping and murdering a boy in September, 2006
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SIX AWARDED DEATH SENTENCES IN SEPARATE CASES
six men convicted for murder were sentenced to death in Pakistan.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE OF ALLAHYAR AKA YARU
a division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Pakistan set aside the death sentence of Allahyar alias Yaru, accused of killing four people and injuring two in a police lock-up.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DOUBLE DEATH SENTENCE
in Arifwala, Pakistan, Additional District and Session Judge Malik Tariq Mahmood...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAK GOVT PROCESSING ABOLITION OF DEATH SENTENCE
the Pakistan Government is considering a proposal to abolish the death penalty in the country.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, quashed the death sentence of Ghulam Haider...
the High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, quashed the death sentence of Ghulam Haider...
- NOVEMBER 9, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TALIBAN EXECUTE WOMAN FOR COMMITTING "ADULTERY"
the Pakistani Taliban executed a married woman after pronouncing her guilty of committing "adultery" in the troubled northwestern Swat valley.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
a division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Pakistan commuted the death sentence of Muhammad Sharif to life imprisonment.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI CHURCH AGAINST DEATH PENALTY FOR CYBER TERRORISTS
the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP) of the Catholic Church, together with the independent group Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), disapprove of the order signed by Pakistani President Zardari mandating the death penalty for cybe
- NOVEMBER 6, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN SETS DEATH PENALTY FOR ‘CYBER TERRORISM’
Causing death through "cyber terrorism" will be punishable by death in Pakistan, according to a decree