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 30, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Hekmat Shah Ahmad, a Pakistani man convicted in Saudi...
Hekmat Shah Ahmad, a Pakistani man convicted in Saudi Arabia of drug trafficking, was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah
- JUNE 30, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court sentenced three Islamic militants...
A Pakistani court sentenced three Islamic militants to death for plotting a May 2002 suicide car bomb attack that killed 11 French naval engineers and two Pakistani bystanders in the southern port city Karachi
- JUNE 30, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A French humanitarian group said it was opposed to...
A French humanitarian group said it was opposed to the death sentences passed on Pakistani extremists for the murder of French nationals, even though some of its members had personal links with the victims
- JUNE 29, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court sentenced two men to hang after they...
A Pakistani court sentenced two men to hang after they were found guilty of killing a woman by throwing acid at her, police said
- JUNE 20, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Sialkot Additional District and Sessions Judge...
The Sialkot Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Sarwar Sidhu awarded a death sentence each with a fine of Rs
- JUNE 20, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Gulzar Rawal, 35, was hanged at in Central Jail in...
Gulzar Rawal, 35, was hanged at in Central Jail in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
- JUNE 12, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In Pakistan the Punjab chief minister's adviser on...
In Pakistan the Punjab chief minister's adviser on law and human rights, Mr Rana Ejaz Ahmad Khan, announced that kite-flyers would face murder charges and a possible death penalty if their sharpened strings caused more deaths
- JUNE 3, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Qari Abdul Hai, an Islamic militant suspected in the...
Qari Abdul Hai, an Islamic militant suspected in the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, was brought before a judge and informed he had been sentenced to death for the killings of six minority Shiite Muslims
- MAY 31, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Additional district & session...
It was reported that Additional district & session Judge Jawad ul Hassan awarded a death sentence with a fine of Rs
- MAY 31, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Sialkot Additional District & Session Judge Nazir...
The Sialkot Additional District & Session Judge Nazir Ahmed awarded a death sentence with a fine of Rs
- MAY 23, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Ameer...
Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Ameer Khan sentence to death Bashir Ahmad with a fine of Rs
- MAY 23, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Khalid Hussain, Shakir Ali, Muhammad Iqrar and Muhammad...
Khalid Hussain, Shakir Ali, Muhammad Iqrar and Muhammad Ismail were sentenced to death on three counts by the Additional Session Court