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
- MAY 9, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Aurat Foundation, Shirkat Gah, Women's Action Forum,...
Aurat Foundation, Shirkat Gah, Women's Action Forum, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, and Amnesty International in joint statement demanded the transfer of Zafran Bibi from death row to a normal jail ward
- MAY 7, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan hanged two Afghan men for killing the leader...
Pakistan hanged two Afghan men for killing the leader of an Afghan women's rights group and two of her aides 15 years ago, jail officials said
- MAY 7, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's highest religious court halted a death by...
Pakistan's highest religious court halted a death by stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery until an appeal is heard, news reports said
- MAY 7, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
After winning a recent presidential referendum, Pakistan's...
After winning a recent presidential referendum, Pakistan's Gen
- MAY 7, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Minister for...
The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Local Government, Athar Minnallah in a meeting with a 15-strong delegation of female lawyers led by Additional Advocate General NWFP Musarrat Hilali Advocate emphasised hi
- MAY 5, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pakistan suspended the sentence of stoning...
A court in Pakistan suspended the sentence of stoning to death passed against a woman convicted of adultery
- MAY 4, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A criminal court in Kohat ruled, a fortnight ago, that...
A criminal court in Kohat ruled, a fortnight ago, that Zafran Bibi be stoned to death under the Zina Ordinance (sex-related crimes) for indulging in adultery
- MAY 3, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Justice Majida Rizvi, chairperson of the National Commission...
Justice Majida Rizvi, chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women, requested the Governor of North West Frontier Province Lt
- MAY 2, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Nearly 20 female activists protesting the sentencing...
Nearly 20 female activists protesting the sentencing of a raped woman to death by stoning under Islamic laws scuffled with police in the Pakistani capital Islamabad
- MAY 2, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Man named Irshad was given a death sentence at a murder...
Man named Irshad was given a death sentence at a murder hearing in Pakistan recently
- APRIL 30, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ad hoc Sessions Judge Quetta Jameel Khan Sherani sentenced...
Ad hoc Sessions Judge Quetta Jameel Khan Sherani sentenced Muhammad Ismail, a killer, to capital sentence
- APRIL 25, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Pakistan voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights