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
- APRIL 17, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Some 50 children on death row may be the immediate...
Some 50 children on death row may be the immediate beneficiaries of the military government's plan to scrap the obsolete juvenile justice system and bring it in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, of which Pakistan is a signatory
- APRIL 15, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The District and Session court in Faisalabad gave the...
The District and Session court in Faisalabad gave the death penalty to Afzal Ahmad for a double-murder case
- APRIL 14, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani who killed and robbed...
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani who killed and robbed another man, a Saudi Interior Ministry statement said
- APRIL 13, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Munshi Khan and Alam Sher were sentenced to death by...
Munshi Khan and Alam Sher were sentenced to death by the District and Sessions court in Jouharabad
- APRIL 13, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Five men were given the death penalty for a dacoity...
Five men were given the death penalty for a dacoity cum murder case
- APRIL 13, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge in Jhang, Sohaib...
Additional District and Sessions Judge in Jhang, Sohaib Ahmed Roomi, condemned Muhammad Afzal to death for murdering pregnantwife, Kausar Bibi
- APRIL 11, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Two kidnappers, Nazar Mohammad and Ajab Khan, were...
Two kidnappers, Nazar Mohammad and Ajab Khan, were given capital punishment by a Special Anti Terrorism Court in Karachi
- APRIL 10, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Court for Suppression of Terroristic Activitiesin...
A Special Court for Suppression of Terroristic Activitiesin Faisalabad handed out a death sentence to Ghulam Murtaza for murder
- APRIL 8, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions court in Lahore sentenced...
Additional District and Sessions court in Lahore sentenced to death one [identified only as] Latif in a murder case
- APRIL 6, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Karachi found ousted prime minister Nawaz...
A court in Karachi found ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif guilty of terrorism and hijacking and sentenced him to life imprisonment
- APRIL 5, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani President Rafiq Tarar stayed the execution...
Pakistani President Rafiq Tarar stayed the execution of Niaz Ahmed till April 26
- APRIL 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Liaquat Ali of the Lahore Additional District...
Judge Liaquat Ali of the Lahore Additional District and Sessions court, condemned [a man identified only as] Mushtaq, alias Bao, to capital punishment for murder