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
- DECEMBER 15, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Robina Ansari, appealed a ruling of the Lahore High...
Robina Ansari, appealed a ruling of the Lahore High Court dismissing her request for damages to her and her sister Shama Bibi after they both miscarried during an investigation for murder
- DECEMBER 13, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International welcomed the announcement that...
Amnesty International welcomed the announcement that Pakistani President Musharraf will commute the death sentences of around 100 young offenders
- DECEMBER 1, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Giving details of achievements of the Anti Narcotic...
Giving details of achievements of the Anti Narcotic Force (ANF) Punjab during the last 11 months, ANF Punjab Chief Brig
- DECEMBER 1, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
ARD [the Pakistani Alliance for Restoration of Democracy]...
ARD [the Pakistani Alliance for Restoration of Democracy] chief Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, urged the UN human rights organizations to immediately launch a probe into the massacre of hundreds of prisoners of war by the Northern Alliance
- NOVEMBER 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang district court sentenced to death a Pakistani...
The Tangerang district court sentenced to death a Pakistani man for smuggling 1,050 grams of heroin from Pakistan into Indonesia
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Thai Criminal Court sentenced a Pakistani to death...
A Thai Criminal Court sentenced a Pakistani to death for possessing about 7
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Wazirabad Additional and District Session Judge Khalid...
A Wazirabad Additional and District Session Judge Khalid Mehmood Malik gave the death sentence to Suleman for axing down his wife on a minor domestic dispute
- NOVEMBER 8, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani is facing a possible death sentence for...
A Pakistani is facing a possible death sentence for allegedly smuggling 1,050 grams of heroin from Pakistan into the country in June
- NOVEMBER 3, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ali Sher, 21, was hanged for murder at the district...
Ali Sher, 21, was hanged for murder at the district prison in Timergarah, Pakistan
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court commuted into life imprisonment the...
The Supreme Court commuted into life imprisonment the death sentences handed down to 10 defendants convicted on charges of killing 34 people in three separate incidents of sectarian violence
- OCTOBER 31, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Muhammad Siddique handed down the death sentence...
Judge Muhammad Siddique handed down the death sentence to Liaqat Ali for murder
- OCTOBER 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Fifteen Christian worshippers, including six children,...
Fifteen Christian worshippers, including six children, and a Muslim guard were massacred when gunmen opened fire on a Protestant church service in southern Pakistan in an attack being blamed on Islamic extremists