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
- 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
- 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