Pakistan 2003
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Pakistan in 2003
- MARCH 20, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Gujranwala, Pakistan, condemned four people...
A court in Gujranwala, Pakistan, condemned four people to death for murder
- MARCH 18, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorist court sentenced to death three child...
An anti-terrorist court sentenced to death three child kidnappers
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saeed Ahmed, 28, was hanged in Central Jail, Sahiwal
Saeed Ahmed, 28, was hanged in Central Jail, Sahiwal
- FEBRUARY 19, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of Sindh High Court converted the...
A division bench of Sindh High Court converted the death sentence awarded to a man know as Azam to life imprisonment
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court commuted the death penalty of three...
The Supreme Court commuted the death penalty of three gang rape convicts into ten years imprisonment each
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court lifted the death penalty but upheld...
An appeals court lifted the death penalty but upheld a 14-year prison term for two political activists convicted of killing four Americans and a Pakistani six years ago
- FEBRUARY 15, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of tribesmen stoned to death a man after he...
Hundreds of tribesmen stoned to death a man after he allegedly killed his rival over a land dispute
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency,...
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency, Togar Sianipar, said that 20 foreign and local drug traffickers had been sentenced to death in recent years but none has been executed
- FEBRUARY 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
February 2003, a girl was stoned to death in Sindh,...
February 2003, a girl was stoned to death in Sindh, Pakistan for dancing at a wedding, [it is unclear whether this stoning followed a judicial ruling or was a summary execution Ed
- JANUARY 31, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Sindh High Court commuted the death sentence of...
The Sindh High Court commuted the death sentence of Abdul Hussain Khaskehli awarded to him on 6 May 2000
- JANUARY 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan,...
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, 20 men were executed in 2002 as against 45 in 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes, including...
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes, including robbery, hijacking, arms trading, drug trafficking, rape, and capital offenses, under Shari'a Law, introduced with governmental decrees, such as sexual relations between partners not married to ea
- JANUARY 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan hanged Abdul Sattar, a murderer of two persons,...
Pakistan hanged Abdul Sattar, a murderer of two persons, in Machh Jail after postponing his execution five times