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
- OCTOBER 13, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man for smuggling...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man for smuggling heroin into the conservative Gulf Arab state, the Interior Ministry said in a statement
- OCTOBER 7, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Khan Waley ben Sayed Mir Jan, a Pakistani national,...
Khan Waley ben Sayed Mir Jan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia's city of Jeddah
- OCTOBER 3, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Shafiq, Arshad Ali and Muhammad Sarwar, alias...
Muhammad Shafiq, Arshad Ali and Muhammad Sarwar, alias Taina, were sentenced to death by an Additional Sessions Court in Pakistan after being convicted of raping a newly wed woman
- OCTOBER 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Amanullah alias Shahbaz had his death sentence for...
Amanullah alias Shahbaz had his death sentence for murder reduced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a division bench of the Sindh High Court in Pakistan
- OCTOBER 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mushtaq Ahmed and Jind Wadda were sentenced to death...
Mushtaq Ahmed and Jind Wadda were sentenced to death by the No
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Shaggier Ahmed was sentenced to death on three counts...
Shaggier Ahmed was sentenced to death on three counts by a District and Sessions court in Pakistan for murdering his wife, his father-in-law and his mother-in-law in 2002
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Fadl Mullah Nour Mohammad, Pakistani found guilty of...
Fadl Mullah Nour Mohammad, Pakistani found guilty of drug trafficking heroin, was beheaded by the sword in the Saudi Arabia
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Daher Shah Arab Khan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded...
Daher Shah Arab Khan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi Arabia city of Jeddah, after admitting that "he smuggled a quantity of heroin into the kingdom," a statement issued by the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national Habibullah Gholam, convicted of...
Pakistani national Habibullah Gholam, convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was publicly beheaded in the Saudi city of Jeddah
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A government-appointed commission in Pakistan called...
A government-appointed commission in Pakistan called for the abolition of strict Islamic laws, which rights activists say discriminate against women
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani Shah Bali Jan, convicted of smuggling heroin...
Pakistani Shah Bali Jan, convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was publicly beheaded by sword in the Saudi city of Jeddah
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court sentenced four men to death for kidnapping...
A Pakistani court sentenced four men to death for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old village girl