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
- NOVEMBER 3, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani national was sentenced to death by a Delhi...
A Pakistani national was sentenced to death by a Delhi court for causing a bomb explosion in 1997 in a crowded blue line bus, killing four persons and injuring 24
- OCTOBER 26, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's National Assembly passed a bill that prescribes...
Pakistan's National Assembly passed a bill that prescribes the death penalty for those who kill women in the name of family honour
- OCTOBER 25, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Anti Terrorist Court in Naseerabad, Pakistan, sentenced...
An Anti Terrorist Court in Naseerabad, Pakistan, sentenced six people to death in absentia
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed on a Pakistani man convicted...
Saudi Arabia executed on a Pakistani man convicted of drug smuggling, money laundering and incitement to murder, the Interior Ministry said in a statement
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Amnesty International had stepped...
It was reported that Amnesty International had stepped up a campaign to save 10 people on death row in Indonesia
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Four members of a gang of robbers ? three Saudis and...
Four members of a gang of robbers ? three Saudis and one Pakistani ? were sentenced to death by a court in Jeddah after being convicted of committing armed robberies in two banks in the city
- JULY 19, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Thai criminal court sentenced one Pakistani man to...
A Thai criminal court sentenced one Pakistani man to death and another to life in prison for the murder and attempted murder of an Indian mobster and his associate
- JULY 6, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced three members...
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced three members of an outlawed Islamic group to death after finding them guilty of killing at least six minority Shi'ite Muslims
- JUNE 24, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a man named Hafiz Najeebullah Khan was hanged
a man named Hafiz Najeebullah Khan was hanged
- JUNE 16, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a man named Rustam Baig was hanged in Pakistan for murder
a man named Rustam Baig was hanged in Pakistan for murder
- JUNE 15, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
"Prisoners in Pakistan, especially those on the death...
"Prisoners in Pakistan, especially those on the death row, live in cramped, overcrowded cells and often face abuse
- JUNE 15, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
two brother, Dossa e Naseer Ahmed, were executed
two brother, Dossa e Naseer Ahmed, were executed