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
- OCTOBER 26, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Arshad Mehmood Tabbasum handed down the death...
Judge Arshad Mehmood Tabbasum handed down the death sentence to Muhammad Anwar in a murder case
- OCTOBER 24, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld the convictions of...
Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld the convictions of 22 men who had received mandatory death sentences for gang rapes
- OCTOBER 10, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man sentenced to be strangled, chopped...
A Pakistani man sentenced to be strangled, chopped into 100 pieces and dissolved in acid for the murders of dozens of children was found dead in his cell in an apparent suicide, prison authorities said
- OCTOBER 5, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistan court asked the military government to explain...
A Pakistan court asked the military government to explain why a Palestinian jailed for the 1986 hijacking of a US plane in which 22 people were killed was extradited to the United States to face further trial after serving his sentence
- OCTOBER 3, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorism court on Karachi sentenced Shaikh...
An anti-terrorism court on Karachi sentenced Shaikh Muhammad Amjad to death on charges of killing his next-door neighbour Barrister Shakir Latif
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Peshawar High Court rejected the appeals by Khalid...
The Peshawar High Court rejected the appeals by Khalid Khan and his cousin Farooq against their death sentences
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad, the leader of the London-based...
Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad, the leader of the London-based fundamentalist Islamic group Al-Muhajiroun, which claims to have recruited thousands of British Muslims to fight "holy wars" abroad, said President Musharraf of Pakistan had, under Islamic law, be
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned the decision of Pakistani censors to order the removal of an article from the September 3 edition of Newsweek as a condition for the magazine's distribution in the country
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The British Humanist Association, the National Secular...
The British Humanist Association, the National Secular Society and the Rationalist Press Association expressed their concern at the death sentence passed in Pakistan on Dr Younus Shaikh, lecturer, peace activist and founder of the progressive group Enligh
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling an unspecified amount of hashish into the kingdom
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Dr. Shaikh Muhammed Younus's last hope of escaping...
Dr. Shaikh Muhammed Younus's last hope of escaping the gallows lies with his petition to a Pakistani high court. The medical professor, 45, was sentenced to death on August 19 on a charge of blasphemy
- AUGUST 31, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In a significant ruling, Pakistan's Sindh Provincial...
In a significant ruling, Pakistan's Sindh Provincial High Court set aside the death sentence given [on February 17, 2001] to two activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) by an anti-terrorism court for allegedly working for Indian intelligence