Pakistan
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- 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
- 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
- AUGUST 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
European Member of Parliament Marco Pannella (Italian...
European Member of Parliament Marco Pannella (Italian Radical Party) filed a parliamentary question addressed to the European Commission regarding Mohammad Younus Shaik's case
- AUGUST 19, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Younus Shaikh a Muslim medical professor was...
Mohammed Younus Shaikh a Muslim medical professor was sentenced to death after a Pakistani court convicted him of blasphemy
- AUGUST 10, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Munawar Hussain Munj, a former member of the National...
Munawar Hussain Munj, a former member of the National Assembly (lower house) from the central province of Punjab, was sentenced to death for drug trafficking
- AUGUST 5, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's military regime is due to execute a young,...
Pakistan's military regime is due to execute a young, illiterate female convict this week in the face of protests from human rights groups about the fairness of her trial
- AUGUST 3, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In a letter smuggled out of his cell, Rehmat Shah Afridi,...
In a letter smuggled out of his cell, Rehmat Shah Afridi, the former editor of the Frontier Post, said he was tortured and insisted his conviction on June 27 was politically motivated
- JULY 31, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)...
The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to investigate whether the death sentence given to Rehmat Shah Afridi, the owner and chief editor of a Pakistan daily on charges of drug trafficking was politic
- JULY 20, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Oman sentenced two Pakistanis to death for drug dealing...
Oman sentenced two Pakistanis to death for drug dealing and machineguns possession