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 21, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani District Judge Mian Faiz Muhammad gave the...
Pakistani District Judge Mian Faiz Muhammad gave the death penalty to Liaquat Ali for killing a retired army man Muhammad Ali on April 15, 1996
- JUNE 11, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A former Pakistan army captain sentenced to death for...
A former Pakistan army captain sentenced to death for claiming to be a prophet was shot dead by another prisoner, an official said
- JUNE 6, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Bowing to public outrage, the Pakistani [Federal Sharia]...
Bowing to public outrage, the Pakistani [Federal Sharia] court freed Zafran Bibi, a rape victim who was sentenced to death by stoning for the crime of having extramarital relations
- JUNE 2, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan...
The independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), in its recent 2001 report, estimates that one woman in Pakistan is raped every two hours, but most sexual assaults go unreported because of the impossibility of being able to prove the charges an
- JUNE 2, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
With tears trickling down her face, Shiraka Bibi says...
With tears trickling down her face, Shiraka Bibi says her daughter Zafran, sentenced to be stoned to death under strict Islamic laws for alleged adultery, is the prettiest of her 10 children
- MAY 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In Pakistan, the Sialkot District Judge Nazir Ahmad...
In Pakistan, the Sialkot District Judge Nazir Ahmad passed the death sentence on Sher Muhammad for killing a shopkeeper Muhammad Iqbal, over a minor dispute in Ghueinkey village in the Daska district on January 9, 2001
- MAY 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani district court in Sahiwal condemned two...
A Pakistani district court in Sahiwal condemned two leaders of the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan to death
- MAY 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani courts condemned two people convicted in...
Pakistani courts condemned two people convicted in separate murder cases to death
- MAY 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Mirza Abid Jawad Baig gave capital punishment...
Judge Mirza Abid Jawad Baig gave capital punishment to Imran for killing Irshad Ahmed, a student, over a trifling matter on March 9, 2001 in the Sahiwal district, Pakistan
- MAY 20, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Two men were hanged for murder in the remote Pakistani...
Two men were hanged for murder in the remote Pakistani town of Much on May 7
- MAY 17, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani district court passed the death sentence...
A Pakistani district court passed the death sentence on Muhammad Rafiq, alias Labha, for murder
- MAY 14, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani woman sentenced to death by stoning for...
A Pakistani woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery said she had been misled by her lawyers into claiming she was raped