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 5, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence on Rehmat Shah Afridi, chief editor...
The death sentence on Rehmat Shah Afridi, chief editor of the Frontier Post,was reduced to life imprisonment by a court in Lahore, Pakistan, which ruled that the drug trafficking charge for which he had been convicted did not warrant capital punishment
- JUNE 2, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a man named Faiz Bakhsh was hanged in Pakistan for murder
a man named Faiz Bakhsh was hanged in Pakistan for murder
- MAY 25, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Three brothers were hanged in Pakistan after President...
Three brothers were hanged in Pakistan after President Pervez Musharraf rejected their plea for clemency
- MAY 21, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Delhi Sessions Court sentenced to death a Pakistani...
A Delhi Sessions Court sentenced to death a Pakistani terrorist, Maqsood Ahmed, alias Ashraf Abbu Mujahid, for attacking a police encampment in Jarodha Kalan on the outskirts of Delhi, killing a man and grievously injuring his colleague on the night of Oc
- MAY 20, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Anti Terrorism Court in Karachi, Pakistan, convicted...
An Anti Terrorism Court in Karachi, Pakistan, convicted four kidnappers and sentenced them to death
- MAY 17, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Fazal-ur-Rehman, the leader of a hardline Islamic alliance...
Fazal-ur-Rehman, the leader of a hardline Islamic alliance in Pakistan, vowed to resist any attempt by President Pervez Musharraf to amend Islamic laws that discriminate against women and non-Muslims
- MAY 16, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf called on religious...
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf called on religious scholars to re-examine strict Islamic laws which discriminate against women and non-Muslims
- APRIL 21, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan voted against the resolution on the death...
Pakistan voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 20, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Wahab Widad, a Pakistani convicted of smuggling...
Mohammad Wahab Widad, a Pakistani convicted of smuggling heroin, was executed in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- APRIL 13, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The executions of Dossa and Naseer Ahmed were adjourned...
The executions of Dossa and Naseer Ahmed were adjourned for a month on the orders of the President of Pakistan
- APRIL 13, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Zaman Shah was hanged in the Central Jail in Sahiwal,...
Zaman Shah was hanged in the Central Jail in Sahiwal, Pakistan, after being convicted of killing his brother in law Sabir Shah in Okara on October 30, 1994
- APRIL 12, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes