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
- JANUARY 28, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The additional Session Judge Attock Rao Sultan Ali...
The additional Session Judge Attock Rao Sultan Ali Tahir sentenced to death two brothers, Mohammad Sarfaraz and Mohamad Nawaz, and imprisoned their two cousins, Ikhlaq Hussain and Shafqat Hussain, for 10 years
- JANUARY 23, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional Sessions Judge Sargodha Zafar Iqbal Ahmad...
Additional Sessions Judge Sargodha Zafar Iqbal Ahmad awarded the death sentence to [a person identified only as] Zulfiqar in a murder case
- JANUARY 22, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ata Mohammad was hung in New Central jail, Multan
Ata Mohammad was hung in New Central jail, Multan
- JANUARY 22, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Amjad Mushtaq was to be hung on January 27...
Mohammad Amjad Mushtaq was to be hung on January 27 in New Central Jail, Multan
- JANUARY 4, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Special Anti Terrorism Judge Zaheeruddin Kakar sentenced...
Special Anti Terrorism Judge Zaheeruddin Kakar sentenced Muhammad Fayyaz to capital punishment
- JANUARY 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani judges handed down a total of more than 4,000...
Pakistani judges handed down a total of more than 4,000 death sentences, in trials that international rights groups complain were often miscarriages of justice
- DECEMBER 25, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 25, in Larkana, a judge of the anti-terrorism...
On December 25, in Larkana, a judge of the anti-terrorism court, Prakash Lal M
- DECEMBER 22, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 22, an Appellate Bench of Sindh High Court,...
On December 22, an Appellate Bench of Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and Justice Wahid Bux Brohi, confirmed Rana Dil Mohammed's death sentence for a double murder in the jurisdiction of Ibrahim Haideri Police on November 11, 1998
- DECEMBER 18, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 18, Pakistan's Supreme Court confirmed...
On December 18, Pakistan's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence for Haq Nawaz, convicted of murdering Iranian diplomat Sadiq Ganji and injuring his companion Muhammad Ali Mukarram outside the International Hotel in Lahore on December 19, 1990, with
- DECEMBER 16, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 16, Judge Mohammad Aslam Khan awarded the...
On December 16, Judge Mohammad Aslam Khan awarded the death sentence and a fine of Rs one lac to a man identified as Ramzan, for murder
- DECEMBER 15, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 15, District and Sessions Judge Mohammad...
On December 15, District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Aslam Khan handed down the death sentence and a fine of Rs50,000 each to Mohammad Boota and Arshad Kaalo in a murder case registered with thana Chatyana
- DECEMBER 12, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 12, Judge Jhelum Muhammad Akhtar Khan awarded...
On December 12, Judge Jhelum Muhammad Akhtar Khan awarded the death sentence to one of the 12 accused in famous Lallah Town murder, in Pind Dadan Khan