Capital Punishment in United Arab Emirates and Pakistan

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What is Capital Punishment?
Capital Punishment is punishing someone with a death penalty after he/she commits a crime that falls under the Capital Punishment term.
Background of the Country and the Laws of the United Arab Emirates:
The United Arab Emirates, which can be simply known as the UAE is an Arab country on the Persian Gulf, as well sharing sea borders with Qatar and Iran. The UAE is a country with seven emirates, with each emirate being ruled by an emir. One emir is selected to be the president of the United Arab Emirates. The emirates are Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras-al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain. The capital of the UAE is Abu Dhabi. Islam is the only religion of the UAE while Arabic being the official language.
Laws:
There are currently six laws which are really common in the UAE:
1. No kissing or touching.
If you’re a person living in the UAE for for probably a while, you should be knowing that kissing and touching is prohibited in the UAE, you should be expecting a tap on your shoulder when someone notices this to remind you to abide by the rules in the UAE.
2. No swearing or making inappropriate gestures.
Some people may not be offended by this but it is forbidden in the UAE. No swearing and making inappropriate gestures is also a warning in the tourist books. Showing your middle finger, pulling your tongue out is considered indecent. Even pointing at someone may be considered impolite.
3. No taking pictures without permission.
Innocents like tourists are the ones who get caught breaking this rule the most, as they like to capture images of anything that looks different from their home country. If anyone tries to break this rule, the punishment is given in a form of fines.
4. Disrespecting any reli...

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Contrasting (similarities) the two countries:
Both United Arab Emirates and Pakistan use death penalty legally for some types of crimes. Both United Arab Emirates and Pakistan have more than 5 crimes that come under the term of Capital Punishment.

Conclusion:
In the end, now we know alot more about the Capital Punishment in both United Arab Emirates and Pakistan, we know all of the crimes of United Arab Emirates and Pakistan that come under the term of Capital Punishment. And now we also know the basic laws of both of the countries.

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