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 9, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions court in Lahore sentenced...
Additional District and Sessions court in Lahore sentenced Nasir Masih and Wilson Masih for murder
- MAY 9, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Four persons were hung at the Gujrat District Jail
Four persons were hung at the Gujrat District Jail
- MAY 8, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed Iftikhar...
Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah condemned [two men identified only as] Tariq and Nawaz to death for murdering Zahid Mehmood on September 24, 1995
- MAY 7, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani Mohammed Akram Bakhsh was publicly beheaded...
Pakistani Mohammed Akram Bakhsh was publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia for killing a fellow national
- MAY 2, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Syed Ali Asghar Shah, a convict in a murder case was...
Syed Ali Asghar Shah, a convict in a murder case was hung at Gujrat District Jail
- APRIL 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions court in Jauharabad...
Additional District and Sessions court in Jauharabad condemned Fateh Mohammad and Ali Mohammad to death for a double murder
- APRIL 26, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan voted against the resolution on the death...
Pakistan voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 23, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The District and Sessions court in Dinga condemned...
The District and Sessions court in Dinga condemned [a person identified only as] Shahbaz for shooting dead [a person identified only as] Ansar in the adjoining area of Kunjha in a dispute over a money transaction
- APRIL 21, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf...
Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf said blasphemy laws enacted by former strongman General Zia ul-Haq that were punishable by the death penalty had been grossly abused
- APRIL 19, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Four [unidentified] Pakistani men were sentenced to...
Four [unidentified] Pakistani men were sentenced to death for drug dealing by a United Arab Emirates court
- APRIL 18, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Faisal Maseeh was condemned to capital punishment by...
Faisal Maseeh was condemned to capital punishment by Additional District and Sessions court in Lahore for stabbing to death Muhammad Ashraf while he was sleeping in his house in the Harbanspura area over a minor dispute in 1997
- APRIL 18, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani prosecutors appealed against the life jail...
Pakistani prosecutors appealed against the life jail term for deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, seeking the death sentence for his hijacking and terrorism convictions