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 3, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Special Anti Terrorist Court Judge Chaudhry Ehsan Sabri...
Special Anti Terrorist Court Judge Chaudhry Ehsan Sabri condemned Dhuman Khan to death twice for the murder of two LDA officers, Mian Gull Rukh (Deputy Director LDA) and Chaudhry Mohammad Jahangir (Assistant State Officer) when they came to check the docu
- MARCH 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional Sessions Judge, Ghulam Hussain Awan handed...
Additional Sessions Judge, Ghulam Hussain Awan handed out the death sentence to Mohammad Ashraf for shooting dead a person in a dispute over land
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The hanging of a convict was stopped at the Kot Lakhpat...
The hanging of a convict was stopped at the Kot Lakhpat Jail as the sister of the deceased forgave him
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A United Arab Emirates Criminal Court of First Instance...
A United Arab Emirates Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced a 30-year-old Pakistani [identified only as] S
- FEBRUARY 27, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A District and Sessions Court in Chatta condemned to...
A District and Sessions Court in Chatta condemned to death Mohammad Akram for murder
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
District and sessions Judge Muhammad Aslam Khan gave...
District and sessions Judge Muhammad Aslam Khan gave the death sentence to [a person identified only as] Azam involved in a murder case
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti Terrorist Court handed out death sentences...
A Special Anti Terrorist Court handed out death sentences to two men for murdering six members of their family, including five children
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti Narcotics court handed out four death...
A Special Anti Narcotics court handed out four death sentences in two separate cases
- FEBRUARY 7, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
District and Sessions Judge Khushab Mahmood Ahmed Chaudhry...
District and Sessions Judge Khushab Mahmood Ahmed Chaudhry sentenced to death twice Mohammad Amanat for killing two persons, Zafar Ali and his son Mohammad Idrees in Khushab in 1999
- FEBRUARY 3, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A special court for the suppression of terrorism condemned...
A special court for the suppression of terrorism condemned to death [a person identified only as] Shaukat for abducting a boy, Rashid (11) and committing unnatural offences with him in the area of Ghaziabad in 1999
- FEBRUARY 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Judge of Attock,...
The Additional District and Sessions Judge of Attock, Mirza Rafi - u-Zuman meted out the death sentence to Zulfiqar Ahmed of Shakardara, Attock
- FEBRUARY 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of the Lahore High Court rejected...
A division bench of the Lahore High Court rejected the appeal of Muhammad Aziz and Haroon Rashid against their death sentences