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
- JUNE 12, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A murder convict whose black warrants had been issued...
A murder convict whose black warrants had been issued was pardoned by the heirs of the deceased and set free by the District and Sessions Judge in Gujranwala
- JUNE 11, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Hameed was condemned to death for shooting dead...
Abdul Hameed was condemned to death for shooting dead Abdul Hamid of Chak in a dispute over water in March 1997
- MAY 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions court in Okara...
An Additional District and Sessions court in Okara has imposed death sentence on one and gave life imprisonment to two others
- MAY 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A convict soldier was hung to death at the Kot Lakhpat...
A convict soldier was hung to death at the Kot Lakhpat Jail, while the hanging of his accomplicewas deferred for a month
- MAY 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani man, Zeinullah Khan...
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani man, Zeinullah Khan Arjoun Khan, for smuggling heroin into the kingdom
- MAY 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Hameed was condemned to death for murdering his...
Abdul Hameed was condemned to death for murdering his sister-in-law Sameena
- MAY 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge Tariq Iftikhar...
Additional District and Sessions Judge Tariq Iftikhar Ahmed gave the death sentence to Abid Manzoor for murdering Doctor Shamsuzaman
- MAY 23, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Yar, a convict in Pakpattan, wasto be hung at...
Ahmed Yar, a convict in Pakpattan, wasto be hung at the Sahiwal Central Jail on June 6
- MAY 19, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mazhar Shah was condemned to death by a District and...
Mazhar Shah was condemned to death by a District and Sessions court in Lala Musa, for gunning down Latif Shah, son of a religious scholar Syed Yaqoob Shah
- MAY 18, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Yara was given a death sentence by the District...
Ahmad Yara was given a death sentence by the District and Session court in Jhang for killing [a person identified only as] Noora for disclosing his guilt of theft
- MAY 18, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Division Bench of the Lahore High Court gave death...
A Division Bench of the Lahore High Court gave death sentences to Mohammad Ali, Bashir and Abdur Rasheed for killing four people in Pattoki over an old enmity in 1996
- MAY 18, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan military ruler General Pervez Musharraf bowed...
Pakistan military ruler General Pervez Musharraf bowed to pressure from religious groups by withdrawing a move to tighten procedures for police registration of blasphemy complaints