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
- APRIL 10, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Dad Allah and Faizullah were sentenced to death in...
Dad Allah and Faizullah were sentenced to death in Pakistan by an Anti Terrorist Court (ATC) after being convicted of robbery and murder under section 7 (A) of the ATC Act
- MARCH 29, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Karachi, Pakistan, convicted and sentenced...
A court in Karachi, Pakistan, convicted and sentenced to death Zulfiqar Ali for fatally shooting two police officers outside the US consulate in Karachi
- MARCH 25, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Indian court in Bhuj town in Gujarat state sentenced...
An Indian court in Bhuj town in Gujarat state sentenced four Pakistani men to death for "waging war" against India after they were caught smuggling the deadly explosive RDX into the country in 1999
- MARCH 15, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
seven people accused of kidnapping and murder...
seven people accused of kidnapping and murder...
- MARCH 14, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Qaumi Lashkar (tribal force) executed publicly eight abductors
Qaumi Lashkar (tribal force) executed publicly eight abductors
- MARCH 6, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Suhail alias Lali was sentenced to death fine of Rs...
Suhail alias Lali was sentenced to death fine of Rs 50,000 in Lahore, Pakistan, by Additional District and Sessions Judge Najam-ul-Hassan Bukhari for murdering a property dealer
- MARCH 6, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Umer Shahid was sentenced to death sentence with a...
Umer Shahid was sentenced to death sentence with a fine of Rs
- MARCH 6, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Tahir Waseem was sentenced to death with a fine of Rs
Tahir Waseem was sentenced to death with a fine of Rs
- MARCH 4, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Shaikh Amjad was hanged till death in Karachi Central...
Shaikh Amjad was hanged till death in Karachi Central Prison, Pakistan, on the orders of the Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi
- MARCH 2, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohamad Abdul Hafeez, a Pakistani sentenced to death...
Mohamad Abdul Hafeez, a Pakistani sentenced to death in Indonesia for attempting to smuggle 995 grams of heroin into the country from Karachi in May 2001, said his death sentence was too harsh
- MARCH 1, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Dhafer Iqbal Qadhi Kalim, a Pakistani convicted of...
Dhafer Iqbal Qadhi Kalim, a Pakistani convicted of smuggling an undisclosed amount of heroin, was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the Saudi interior ministry said, announcing the first execution in the country this
- FEBRUARY 20, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Session Court of Daska,...
The Additional District and Session Court of Daska, Pakistan, awarded a death sentence on four counts with a fine of Rs