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 21, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Myan Gul Jan Khan, a Pakistani sentenced to death for...
Myan Gul Jan Khan, a Pakistani sentenced to death for drug trafficking, was publicly executed in a square in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital, declared the Saudi Interior Ministry
- APRIL 18, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of Lahore High Court accepted the...
A division bench of Lahore High Court accepted the appeals of two convicts Omar Hayat and Muhammad Iqbal and turned their death sentences into life term imprisonment
- APRIL 16, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Nawaz, a former employee of Pakistan's Interior...
Mohammed Nawaz, a former employee of Pakistan's Interior Ministry, was sentenced to death for killing seven members of his family because he was angered by his daughter's decision to marry a Christian
- APRIL 14, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorism court convicted four members of an...
An anti-terrorism court convicted four members of an outlawed Islamic militant group of orchestrating a truck bombing outside the U
- APRIL 11, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court ordered a man to be...
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court ordered a man to be hanged to death for multiple sectarian murders, court officials said
- 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