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
- 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
- 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