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
- AUGUST 21, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, condemned...
The Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, condemned the death penalty for Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, stating that he should be tried in an open court
- AUGUST 20, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into...
A Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into the Gulf Arab state was beheaded, the Interior Ministry said
- AUGUST 19, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Three Pakistani militants claimed the Wall Street Journal...
Three Pakistani militants claimed the Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl was murdered by an Arab two days after he tried to escape
- AUGUST 15, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release of a Christian...
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release of a Christian whose death sentence for blasphemy led to a bishop's suicide
- AUGUST 15, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The former Deputy Director of the Fisheries Department,...
The former Deputy Director of the Fisheries Department, Anwar Kenneth was sentenced to death for blasphemy and fined an additional Rs 500,000
- AUGUST 13, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Sindh High Court admitted an appeal by British-born...
The Sindh High Court admitted an appeal by British-born militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh against his conviction and death sentence in the kidnap-slaying of U
- AUGUST 11, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The residents of Noorani Basti held demonstration before...
The residents of Noorani Basti held demonstration before press club demanding death sentence for killers of married girl Ishrat who was burnt by in laws some 10 days back and expired in civil hospital on Friday last
- AUGUST 3, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Pakistani woman at the centre of a controversial...
The Pakistani woman at the centre of a controversial gang-rape case told a court how she was sexually assaulted at gunpoint by four men whom she knew despite crying out for mercy
- AUGUST 1, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
One of four men accused of a high-profile gang rape...
One of four men accused of a high-profile gang rape in Pakistan said he was married to the woman at the time of the alleged offence
- JULY 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The woman at the centre of a brutal gang-rape case...
The woman at the centre of a brutal gang-rape case which shocked Pakistan made her first appearance at the trial of four men accused of raping her and 10 others charged as accomplices
- JULY 30, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional sessions judge Salahauddin Siddiqui has...
Additional sessions judge Salahauddin Siddiqui has awarded capital punishment to two accused in a murder case of Athara Hazari policearea
- JULY 28, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani judge sentenced a Muslim man to death for...
A Pakistani judge sentenced a Muslim man to death for blaspheming against Islam's Prophet Mohammad, the second such penalty in the country in less than two weeks