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
- JUNE 21, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Irshad alias Achoo was hanged to death in Gujranwala Central Jail, Pakistan, after being convicted of killing Rasheed Ahmed over a minor dispute at Jaton, in the in Gujranwala area, in 1994.
- JUNE 14, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. PAKISTANI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
an Indonesian court sentenced Zulfikar Ali, a Pakistani national, to death for drug trafficking. Judges at a district court in Tangerang, southwest of Jakarta, ruled that Ali was guilty of trafficking 300 grams (10.5 ounces) of heroin.
- JUNE 12, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. A YEMENI NATIONAL AND TWO PAKISTANIS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the state security court in Sanaa, Yemen, sentenced two Pakistanis and a Yemeni to death after convicting them of drug trafficking.
- JUNE 9, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Iqbal was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
Muhammad Iqbal was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- JUNE 4, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MILITANT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ATTACKS ON SHIAS
a Pakistani court sentenced Islamic militant Gul Hasan to death for masterminding two suicide attacks on minority Shias that killed at least 45 people.
- JUNE 1, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
Sialkot Additional District & Sessions Judge Khalid Arshad sentenced Akhtar Ali to death on two counts with a with a fine of Rs. 100,000 and sentenced to death with a fine of Rs. 50,000 each Babar Ali, Abdul Razzaq and Muhammad Ramzan alias Hakeem.
- MAY 26, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MURDER CONVICT EXECUTED IN KOTLAKHPAT JAIL
Tajamal Abbas, 24, resident of Sheikhupura, Pakistan, was executed for murder at Kotlakhpat Jail at 4:30am in the presence of the victim’s father and uncle.
MAY 24, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. TRIBAL COUNCIL ORDERS EXECUTION OF TWO MEN
two men accused of murdering a taxi driver were executed by a firing squad on the orders of a tribal council in rural Pakistan, witnesses said, highlighting the rule of deep-rooted tribal customs.
- MAY 23, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a man named Muhammad Ejaz was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
a man named Muhammad Ejaz was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- MAY 20, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
an Anti Terrorism Court in Karachi, Pakistan, convicted four kidnappers and sentenced them to death.
an Anti Terrorism Court in Karachi, Pakistan, convicted four kidnappers and sentenced them to death.
- MAY 13, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. LAWYER AND HIS ACCOMPLICE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a district court in Lahore, Pakistan, sentenced to death a lawyer and his accomplice for abducting and clubbing to death a resident of Gulberg.
- MAY 9, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CONVICTED MURDERER EXECUTED
it was reported that Muhammad Hussain, alias Hussaini, was to be hanged in the district jail in Faisalabad, Pakistan, on May 10.