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 4, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional Sessions Judge, Muhammad Razzaq Nawaz,...
An Additional Sessions Judge, Muhammad Razzaq Nawaz, handed down the death sentence to Mohammed Azam for murder
- OCTOBER 2, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Additional Sessions court in Khanewal condemned...
The Additional Sessions court in Khanewal condemned two brothers to death for murder
- OCTOBER 2, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Shamsher Ali was given the death sentence by an Additional...
Shamsher Ali was given the death sentence by an Additional District and Session court for murdering Sajjad Hussain
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions court sentenced...
An Additional District and Sessions court sentenced Faqir Hussain to death for murder
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death three Pakistanis...
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death three Pakistanis for drug smuggling
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions court meted out...
An Additional District and Sessions court meted out the death sentence to Shahid alias Chitta for murder on October 7, 1999
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The hanging of Mohammed Arshad alias Mola, was set...
The hanging of Mohammed Arshad alias Mola, was set for October 14 in the new Central Jail of Bahawalpur
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti-Terrorist Court in Karachi condemned...
A Special Anti-Terrorist Court in Karachi condemned Phool Chand, Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Shiraz, to death
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld the death penalty imposed...
Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld the death penalty imposed Haq Nawaz, convicted of killing Sadiq Ganji, the Director General of the Iranian Cultural Centre in Lahore on December 19, 1990
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A District and Session Court sentenced three brothers,...
A District and Session Court sentenced three brothers, Abraru Hassan, Naeemul Hassan and Asrarul Hassan to death for a triple murder
- AUGUST 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A death row prisoner, Muhammad Boota, was to be hung...
A death row prisoner, Muhammad Boota, was to be hung on August 30 at the Central Jail in Sahiwal
- AUGUST 11, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Ali was to be hung on August 16 at the Central...
Ahmed Ali was to be hung on August 16 at the Central Jail in Sahiwal