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
- 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
- AUGUST 10, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional Sessions court in Liaquatpur handed down...
An Additional Sessions court in Liaquatpur handed down the death sentence to Abdul Aziz Baluch for the murder of Mohammad Iqbal Bhatti in Moza Pakkalaran in 1998
- AUGUST 9, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Amanat Ali was given the death sentence for murdering...
Amanat Ali was given the death sentence for murdering Rajab Ali over a petty dispute in 1998 by an Additional District and Sessions court in Arifwala
- AUGUST 5, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Asghar Narejo and Makhan Narejo were condemned to death...
Asghar Narejo and Makhan Narejo were condemned to death by an Anti-Terrorist Court
- AUGUST 5, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court sentenced a 60-year-old man, Mohammad...
A Pakistani court sentenced a 60-year-old man, Mohammad Yousuf Ali, to death for blasphemy after he claimed to be a prophet of God
- AUGUST 4, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
"Pakistan appears to have more prisoners on death row...
"Pakistan appears to have more prisoners on death row than any other country in the world," noted a Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) report
- JULY 31, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mumtaz Ahmed was to be executed in the New Central...
Mumtaz Ahmed was to be executed in the New Central Jail of Bahawalpur on August 10
- JULY 31, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions Judge in Lahore...
An Additional District and Sessions Judge in Lahore handed out the death sentence to Muhammad Tayyab for murdering his brother