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 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Lahore Special Anti Terrorist Court Judge Mehmood...
The Lahore Special Anti Terrorist Court Judge Mehmood Maqbool Bajwa handed out a death sentences to four persons foundguilty of kidnapping for ransom
- APRIL 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Three persons were sentenced to death in two different...
Three persons were sentenced to death in two different murder cases by the Additional Session Courts in Faisalabad
- MARCH 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional Sessions court in Pasrur handed out a...
An Additional Sessions court in Pasrur handed out a death sentence to Waheed Murad for murder
- MARCH 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Tariq Iqbal was condemned to death by an Additional...
Tariq Iqbal was condemned to death by an Additional District and Sessions court in Lahore
- MARCH 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Sarwar was hung in the Sahiwal Central Jail
Mohammad Sarwar was hung in the Sahiwal Central Jail
- 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