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 16, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man was executed in the sea port city of...
A Pakistani man was executed in the sea port city of Jedah for stabbing to death his Afghan wife
- JANUARY 31, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani national, Murad Bkhit was executed in Oman...
A Pakistani national, Murad Bkhit was executed in Oman for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 30, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Lodhi, 43, a businessman Pakistani national,...
Mohammed Lodhi, 43, a businessman Pakistani national, is fighting in United Kingdom extradition to the United Arab Emirates where he faces a death sentence, possibly by crucifixion, if extradited
- JANUARY 30, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Seven journalists face the death penalty for blasphemy...
Seven journalists face the death penalty for blasphemy after Pakistan's military regime closed down an English-language newspaper for publishing a `highly sacrilegious' reader's letter
- JANUARY 25, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan executed four men who had been sentenced to...
Pakistan executed four men who had been sentenced to death for the 1991 murders of seven people
- JANUARY 16, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The government has promulgated the Juvenile Justice...
The government has promulgated the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance 2000, which prohibits death penalty for a child under 18 years of age
- JANUARY 13, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdel-Rahim Shah Qulshawal, a Pakistani national was...
Abdel-Rahim Shah Qulshawal, a Pakistani national was beheaded for heroin smuggling in the town of Al-Khobar
- JANUARY 8, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man and a Pakistani...
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man and a Pakistani for smuggling heroin
- JANUARY 1, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In the year 2001 (till November) 45 people were executed...
In the year 2001 (till November) 45 people were executed and the country's death row population was raised by another 591 convicts
- JANUARY 1, 2001PakistanDEATH 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, 2001PakistanDEATH 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, 2001PakistanDEATH 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