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 4, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Anti-terrorism Court awarded the death penalty and...
An Anti-terrorism Court awarded the death penalty and a fine of Rs
- MARCH 29, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Gulzar and Ahmad Riaz were sentenced to death...
Ahmad Gulzar and Ahmad Riaz were sentenced to death by the Additional District and Session Court in the murder case of Ali Liaqat, Gulzar's business partner
- MARCH 22, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Rafiq was sentenced to death and fined Rs...
Muhammad Rafiq was sentenced to death and fined Rs 50,000 by a Special Anti-Terrorism Court after being convicted of murder
- MARCH 21, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
District and Session Judge Muhammad Haneef Khan awarded...
District and Session Judge Muhammad Haneef Khan awarded the death penalty to a man known as Ladhu for the murder of Mureed Kazim in September 2002
- MARCH 21, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Three convicts were awarded death sentences with heavy...
Three convicts were awarded death sentences with heavy fines by local courts in different murder cases
- MARCH 20, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Gujranwala, Pakistan, condemned four people...
A court in Gujranwala, Pakistan, condemned four people to death for murder
- MARCH 18, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorist court sentenced to death three child...
An anti-terrorist court sentenced to death three child kidnappers
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saeed Ahmed, 28, was hanged in Central Jail, Sahiwal
Saeed Ahmed, 28, was hanged in Central Jail, Sahiwal
- FEBRUARY 19, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of Sindh High Court converted the...
A division bench of Sindh High Court converted the death sentence awarded to a man know as Azam to life imprisonment
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court commuted the death penalty of three...
The Supreme Court commuted the death penalty of three gang rape convicts into ten years imprisonment each
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court lifted the death penalty but upheld...
An appeals court lifted the death penalty but upheld a 14-year prison term for two political activists convicted of killing four Americans and a Pakistani six years ago
- FEBRUARY 15, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of tribesmen stoned to death a man after he...
Hundreds of tribesmen stoned to death a man after he allegedly killed his rival over a land dispute