Explanation

It was during the interim government of Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (r. 6 August to 6 November 1990) that the Ordinance pertaining to the law of qisas and diyat was issued.

The said ordinance was re-promulgated over 20 times as the constitutional life of an ordinance is four months.

Finally, in 1997 during the government of Mian Nawaz Sharif, it became an Act of the Parliament, which covered all offenses against human body and provided for Qisas and Diyat.