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
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In Lahore, Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed...
In Lahore, Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed Maroof Ahmad Ali condemned Muhammad Khalid Saifullah to death for murdering his wife
- JANUARY 21, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An activist of a banned extremist organisation, convicted...
An activist of a banned extremist organisation, convicted of killing two policemen, will be executed on January 22 after President Pervez Musharraf rejected his mercy petition, police said
- JANUARY 13, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Chaudhry Mohammad Ikram of the Special Anti-Terrorism...
Judge Chaudhry Mohammad Ikram of the Special Anti-Terrorism Court in Faisalabad, gave the death sentence to Muhammad Ali for the murder of Muhammad Khan on March 31, 1999 during a robbery on the victim's property
- JANUARY 8, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Passing judgment in a murder-cum-robbery case Anti...
Passing judgment in a murder-cum-robbery case Anti Terrorist Court Judge Ch
- JANUARY 1, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
749 Death sentences in 2001, till November 45 people...
749 Death sentences in 2001, till November 45 people were executed and the country's death row population was raised by another 591 convicts
- JANUARY 1, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Child smuggling can carry the death penalty in Pakistan
Child smuggling can carry the death penalty in Pakistan
- JANUARY 1, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000, remained...
The Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000, remained largely unimplemented
- JANUARY 1, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Under the Islamic Hudd Ordinance of 1979, death is...
Under the Islamic Hudd Ordinance of 1979, death is the only punishment for those found guilty of gang rapes involving at least two or more perpetrators
- JANUARY 1, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani judges handed down a total of more than 4,000...
Pakistani judges handed down a total of more than 4,000 death sentences, in trials that international rights groups complain were often miscarriages of justice
- JANUARY 1, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes, including...
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes, including robbery, hijacking, arms trading, drug trafficking, rape, and capital offenses, under Shari'a Law, introduced with governmental decrees, such as sexual relations between partners not married to ea
- JANUARY 1, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Smuggling more than a kilo of heroin carries the death...
Smuggling more than a kilo of heroin carries the death penalty in Pakistan
- DECEMBER 15, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Arif Hussain Baloch was given capital punishment for...
Arif Hussain Baloch was given capital punishment for drug trafficking by the Special Judge Anti Narcotics Court Syed Kazim Raza Shamsi