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
- AUGUST 21, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On August 21, a special anti-terrorism court in Pakistan...
On August 21, a special anti-terrorism court in Pakistan handed down the death penalty to Mohammad Saeed Alias Bharam and Saleem Alias Denter, two activists of the ethnic party Motahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM), for killing 4 Americans and their Pakistani dr
- AUGUST 13, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On August 13, Shareef Khan Nasser, a Pakistani man,...
On August 13, Shareef Khan Nasser, a Pakistani man, was executed in Saudi Arabia for smuggling an unspecified quantity of heroin into the Kingdom
- JUNE 24, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On June 24, the U
On June 24, the U
- JUNE 4, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On June 4, an anti-terrorist court sentenced 9 activists...
On June 4, an anti-terrorist court sentenced 9 activists from an opposition political party to death for the murder of former Governor of southern Sindh Province Hakim Said and two aides, in October 1998
- JUNE 1, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On June 1, a Pakistani man 33-year- has been executed...
On June 1, a Pakistani man 33-year- has been executed in the United Arab Emirates for murdering a Pakistani girl, 15-year-old, whose family had refused him her hand in marriage
- MAY 14, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On May 14, 2 Pakistanis, Ashraf Ali Qadir Bakhsh and...
On May 14, 2 Pakistanis, Ashraf Ali Qadir Bakhsh and Shushi Muhammad Taln, were executed in Saudi Arabia for drug offenses
- MAY 13, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On May 13, Mohammed Saleem was re-arrested for the...
On May 13, Mohammed Saleem was re-arrested for the same crime for which he had been condemned to death in December 1998 and subsequently released in January 1999
- APRIL 29, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On April 29, President Rafiq Tarar issued an Ordinance...
On April 29, President Rafiq Tarar issued an Ordinance to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 and turned special courts into anti-terrorism courts, following the Supreme Court's decision on February 17 to strike down military trial courts
- APRIL 28, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan voted against the resolution on the death...
Pakistan voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- APRIL 23, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On April 23, Ghulam Abbas Ali Nawaz, a Pakistani man,...
On April 23, Ghulam Abbas Ali Nawaz, a Pakistani man, was executed near the Muslim Holy City of Mecca in western Saudi Arabia for smuggling heroin in his intestines into the kingdom
- MARCH 10, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On March 10, the Pakistan Government denied charges...
On March 10, the Pakistan Government denied charges that it violated human rights or ignored their violation in the country
- MARCH 9, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On March 9, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan...
On March 9, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) claimed that one out of every five persons convicted in the country is sentenced to death, ranking Pakistan as having one of the world's highest death sentence rates