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
- MARCH 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional Session court in Faisalabad, handed out...
An Additional Session court in Faisalabad, handed out the death penalty to Ramazan Khalid of Nishatabad for murder
- MARCH 28, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ghulam Hussain was condemned to death by a Special...
Ghulam Hussain was condemned to death by a Special Anti Terrorist court in Lahore
- MARCH 27, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's Council of Islamic Ideology declared as...
Pakistan's Council of Islamic Ideology declared as detrimental to 'Shariat' a Lahore court verdict convicting serial child killer Javed Iqbal to death by strangulation, suffering the same fate as his victims
- MARCH 27, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti Terrorist Court condemned Riaz Akhtar...
A Special Anti Terrorist Court condemned Riaz Akhtar and Nawaz to death for an abduction cum rape case
- MARCH 24, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore headed by...
A Special Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore headed by judge Chaudhry Ehsan Sabri condemned two men [identified only as] Zulifqar and Nasir to death in a rape cum murder case
- MARCH 21, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Condemned serial killer Javed Iqbal, 38, appealed his...
Condemned serial killer Javed Iqbal, 38, appealed his March 16 death sentence for the murders of 100 runaway children
- MARCH 16, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Lahore courtordered a serial killer who had confessed...
A Lahore courtordered a serial killer who had confessed to killing more than 100 children to 100 death sentences in which he was to die in the same manner he killed his victims
- MARCH 13, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A murderer [identified only as] Kabeer was given capital...
A murderer [identified only as] Kabeer was given capital punishment by an additional district and sessions court in Quetta
- MARCH 11, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Anti-Terrorist Court in Sukkur sentenced to death...
An Anti-Terrorist Court in Sukkur sentenced to death Ali Dhandho in a case of kidnapping for ransom
- MARCH 7, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions judge Zawar Ahmed...
Additional District and Sessions judge Zawar Ahmed condemned to death a woman [identified only as] Robina for murder
- MARCH 7, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Special Anti Terrorist Court judge Chaudhry Ehsan Sabri...
Special Anti Terrorist Court judge Chaudhry Ehsan Sabri handed out the death sentence to [a person identified only as] Ishtiaq in an abduction cum sodomy case
- MARCH 7, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Anti Terrorism Court Judge Sukkur Liaquat Hussain imposed...
Anti Terrorism Court Judge Sukkur Liaquat Hussain imposed the death sentence on Rustam and Raza Mohammad, found guilty of the murder of Bashir Ahmed Langah and Hyder Bux Langah