It is an all volunteer military, but conscription can be enacted at the request of the President with the approval of the Pakistani parliament.
The Pakistani parliament recently enacted a law that makes serious drug offences punishable with death.
Earlier in the day, Interior Minister Naseerullah Babar, responding to questions from the upper house of the Pakistani parliament, had put the casualties at 32.
He has served in the Pakistani parliament as a member of parliament in 2004 till 2008.
In March 2005 the Pakistani parliament rejected a bill, which sought to strengthen the law against the practice of honour killing declaring it to be un-Islamic.
Professor Wasty was also a member of the Pakistani parliament (Majlis-e-Shura).
The attack occurred mere hours after President Asif Ali Zardari made his first speech to the Pakistani parliament.
The Pakistani parliament has declared Ahmadis to be non-Muslims.
He was a member of the Pakistani parliament in 1985, 1990 and 2002.
On May 6, a popular member of the Pakistani parliament, Imran Khan, held a press conference.
