Pakistan 2003
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Pakistan in 2003
- DECEMBER 26, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Pakistan Supreme Court upheld the death sentences...
The Pakistan Supreme Court upheld the death sentences passed on three defendants in a murder case
- DECEMBER 12, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Kuwaiti criminal court sentenced 'Akhtar', a Pakistani...
A Kuwaiti criminal court sentenced 'Akhtar', a Pakistani national, to death on charges of smuggling heroin into the country
- DECEMBER 5, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Anti Terrorist Court in Pakistan sentenced five...
An Anti Terrorist Court in Pakistan sentenced five people to death on two counts after convicting them in two separate murders
- NOVEMBER 11, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Niaz Ahmed, a Muslim, was sentenced to death in Pakistan...
Niaz Ahmed, a Muslim, was sentenced to death in Pakistan for insulting Islam's Prophet Mohammad
- NOVEMBER 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Daska,...
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Daska, Pakistan, sentenced Sajjad Ahmad to death for murder
- OCTOBER 22, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ramadan Sardar and Dhaher Shah bin Faqir Shah,...
Mohammad Ramadan Sardar and Dhaher Shah bin Faqir Shah, two Pakistani nationals sentenced to death for heroin smuggling, were beheaded by sword in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- OCTOBER 17, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Alfjan Mohammad Akbar Khan, a Pakistani found guilty...
Alfjan Mohammad Akbar Khan, a Pakistani found guilty of drug trafficking, was beheaded by the sword in the town of Huta Bani Tamim, in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia
- OCTOBER 13, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man for smuggling...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man for smuggling heroin into the conservative Gulf Arab state, the Interior Ministry said in a statement
- OCTOBER 7, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Khan Waley ben Sayed Mir Jan, a Pakistani national,...
Khan Waley ben Sayed Mir Jan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia's city of Jeddah
- OCTOBER 3, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Shafiq, Arshad Ali and Muhammad Sarwar, alias...
Muhammad Shafiq, Arshad Ali and Muhammad Sarwar, alias Taina, were sentenced to death by an Additional Sessions Court in Pakistan after being convicted of raping a newly wed woman
- OCTOBER 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Amanullah alias Shahbaz had his death sentence for...
Amanullah alias Shahbaz had his death sentence for murder reduced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a division bench of the Sindh High Court in Pakistan
- OCTOBER 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mushtaq Ahmed and Jind Wadda were sentenced to death...
Mushtaq Ahmed and Jind Wadda were sentenced to death by the No
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Shaggier Ahmed was sentenced to death on three counts...
Shaggier Ahmed was sentenced to death on three counts by a District and Sessions court in Pakistan for murdering his wife, his father-in-law and his mother-in-law in 2002
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Fadl Mullah Nour Mohammad, Pakistani found guilty of...
Fadl Mullah Nour Mohammad, Pakistani found guilty of drug trafficking heroin, was beheaded by the sword in the Saudi Arabia
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Daher Shah Arab Khan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded...
Daher Shah Arab Khan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi Arabia city of Jeddah, after admitting that "he smuggled a quantity of heroin into the kingdom," a statement issued by the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national Habibullah Gholam, convicted of...
Pakistani national Habibullah Gholam, convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was publicly beheaded in the Saudi city of Jeddah
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A government-appointed commission in Pakistan called...
A government-appointed commission in Pakistan called for the abolition of strict Islamic laws, which rights activists say discriminate against women
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani Shah Bali Jan, convicted of smuggling heroin...
Pakistani Shah Bali Jan, convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was publicly beheaded by sword in the Saudi city of Jeddah
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court sentenced four men to death for kidnapping...
A Pakistani court sentenced four men to death for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old village girl
- AUGUST 29, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Ayub Hazara was sentenced to death on four...
Muhammad Ayub Hazara was sentenced to death on four counts by a Special court for Anti terrorist Activities after being found guilty of gunning down his wife, her parents and a nearby driver
- AUGUST 26, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Two Pakistani men convicted of drug trafficking were...
Two Pakistani men convicted of drug trafficking were beheaded in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabian city
- AUGUST 20, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced Mohammad...
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced Mohammad Attaullah and Mohammad Azam, two members of the banned Sunni Muslim extremist Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ), to death for the murder of six Shiites
- AUGUST 10, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught...
Lal Rahman Habibullah Khan, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia and convicted of drug trafficking, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi capital Riyadh
- AUGUST 9, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Six accused were sentenced to death on two counts by...
Six accused were sentenced to death on two counts by a Special Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan
- AUGUST 8, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Musaddiq Aziz was sentenced to death by Additional...
Musaddiq Aziz was sentenced to death by Additional Session Judge Rahimyar Khan Aun Mohammed Rizwi after being convicted of murdering Pervez Iqbal following a dispute over water supply in 2001
- AUGUST 7, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in the central Punjab city of Bahawalnagar,...
A court in the central Punjab city of Bahawalnagar, Pakistan, sentenced to death Bashir Ahmed, a man who claimed to be a Muslim prophet, after convicting him of blasphemy
- AUGUST 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Haq Nawaz Balooch of Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC)-V...
Judge Haq Nawaz Balooch of Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC)-V in Karachi, sentenced defendants Kashif Aziz and Zahir to death on two counts under different sections of the Anti Terrorism Act
- AUGUST 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Rana Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafik, a Pakistani national...
Rana Mohammed Shafik Mohammed Rafik, a Pakistani national caught smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was executed in the kingdom by public beheading in the western city of Jeddah
- JULY 12, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
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- JULY 11, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Omar Khaleq Abdul Khaleq, a Pakistani national convicted...
Omar Khaleq Abdul Khaleq, a Pakistani national convicted of trying to smuggle an unknown quantity of heroin into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded in the country by sword near Riyadh