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
- 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
- AUGUST 29, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Ayub Hazara was sentenced to death on four...
Muhammad Ayub Hazara was sentenced to death on four counts by a Special court for Anti terrorist Activities after being found guilty of gunning down his wife, her parents and a nearby driver
- AUGUST 26, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Two Pakistani men convicted of drug trafficking were...
Two Pakistani men convicted of drug trafficking were beheaded in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabian city
- AUGUST 20, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced Mohammad...
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced Mohammad Attaullah and Mohammad Azam, two members of the banned Sunni Muslim extremist Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ), to death for the murder of six Shiites
- AUGUST 10, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught...
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia and convicted of drug trafficking, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi capital Riyadh
- AUGUST 9, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Six accused were sentenced to death on two counts by...
Six accused were sentenced to death on two counts by a Special Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan
- AUGUST 8, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Musaddiq Aziz was sentenced to death by Additional...
Musaddiq Aziz was sentenced to death by Additional Session Judge Rahimyar Khan Aun Mohammed Rizwi after being convicted of murdering Pervez Iqbal following a dispute over water supply in 2001
- AUGUST 7, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in the central Punjab city of Bahawalnagar,...
A court in the central Punjab city of Bahawalnagar, Pakistan, sentenced to death Bashir Ahmed, a man who claimed to be a Muslim prophet, after convicting him of blasphemy
- AUGUST 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Haq Nawaz Balooch of Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC)-V...
Judge Haq Nawaz Balooch of Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC)-V in Karachi, sentenced defendants Kashif Aziz and Zahir to death on two counts under different sections of the Anti Terrorism Act
- AUGUST 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Rana Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafik, a Pakistani national...
Rana Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafik, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was executed in the kingdom by public beheading in the western city of Jeddah
- JULY 12, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
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