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
- 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
- MAY 17, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions court in Gujranwala...
The Additional District and Sessions court in Gujranwala sentenced to death a convict [identified only as] Nadeem for shooting dead Muhammad Alam Butt
- MAY 17, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Sher Ali was condemned to death twice for the murder...
Sher Ali was condemned to death twice for the murder of his maternal grandfather and aunt
- MAY 16, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Chudhry Munammad Akram of the Special Anti Terrorist...
Judge Chudhry Munammad Akram of the Special Anti Terrorist Courtin Faisalabad sentenced to death Zulfiqar and Muhammad Sidique
- MAY 16, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saleem Sultan was condemned to capital punishment by...
Saleem Sultan was condemned to capital punishment by the Additional District and Sessions court in Lahore for murdering Muhammad Ijaz over a minor dispute at a race course on April 17, 1995
- MAY 15, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti Terrorist Court in Lahore meted out...
A Special Anti Terrorist Court in Lahore meted out the death penalty to [men identified only as] Shahid alias Shada, Akram and Ijaz in a dacoity cum rape case
- MAY 15, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani national was executed in Riyad, the Saudi...
A Pakistani national was executed in Riyad, the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- MAY 12, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ashraf Masih and Nazeer Masih were given capital punishment...
Ashraf Masih and Nazeer Masih were given capital punishment for a dacoity-cum-double-murder case by a Special Judge Anti-Terrorist Court in Lahore