Pakistan 2009
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Pakistan in 2009
- DECEMBER 24, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sundhar awarded the death sentence to Muhammad Jamil and fined him Rs100,000.
- DECEMBER 23, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Mohsan Raza Khan awarded capital punishment and a fine to Ijaz for killing Abdul Wahid of Shahpur over a trivial issue on April 5, 2009.
- DECEMBER 22, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COURT CONVICTS TWO FOR KILLING 12 PEOPLE
in Multan, Pakistan, Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) No 1 judge Sarwar Saleemullah sentenced Ghulam Abbas to death and 30 years in prison and sentenced Muhammad Ajmal to death and 15 years imprisonment.
- DECEMBER 21, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
an Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan awarded the death sentence to an accused of kidnapping and confiscated his property.
- DECEMBER 19, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COURTS CONVICT THREE OF MURDER IN SEPARATE CASES
three different Additional District and Sessions courts in Kasur, Pakistan, handed down death sentences along with Rs 100,000 fines to three convicts in separate cases.
- DECEMBER 19, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH FOR MURDER OF COP
the Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) No 1 in Pakistan awarded capital punishment to Eid Muhammad and Muhammad Younis for murdering former policeman Raja Saqlain in July 2004.
- DECEMBER 18, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING WIFE, DAUGHTER
in Allahabad, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Shyamlal, sentenced Ram Samujh Yadav, a resident of Kharnayeepur village in Baharia police station area of the district, to death.
- DECEMBER 18, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Khushab, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Manzoor Ahmed Mirza sentenced Muhammad Hayat to death and fined him Rs 100,000.
- DECEMBER 17, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: BLACK WARRANTS FOR CONDEMNED PRISONER ISSUED
in Mianwali, Pakistan, District and Sessions judge Sargodha issued a black warrant for Sultan Ahmed, who is being held in Mianwali Central jail.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakpattan, Pakistan, a District and Sessions Judge sentenced a man identified as Sarfaraz to death for shooting his wife Yasmeen dead in January 2008 over domestic issues.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE AWARDED DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
a Special Anti-Terrorism court in Pakistan awarded the death sentence on four counts to Aftab, Nawaz, and Faisal for kidnapping Iqbal Hussain and later releasing him for Rs 15 million ransom.
- DECEMBER 8, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge, Nisar Baig awarded capital punishment to Mudassar for killing Mazhar Baloch in the limits of Sadr police station over an old enmity in 2007.
- DECEMBER 5, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Jazeela Aslam sentenced two people to death.
- DECEMBER 3, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED FOR KILLING BROTHER
in Gujranwala, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Asghar Ali Khan sentenced Iftikhar to death and ordered him to pay Rs 200,000 compensation.
- DECEMBER 2, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Shafqat Ali awarded capital punishment to Muhammad Aslam and fined him Rs 100,000.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Upper Dir, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Jehanzeb Shinwari sentenced Dosham Khan to death.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Malik Falk Sher sentenced Umer Farooq, alias Mithu, to death for killing a young man, Shahzad, over a minor dispute in Baragarh village.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Abdul Rehman Awan awarded the death sentence to Mukhtar Ahmed for killing Zafar Mehmood on November 24, 2004, with three other men.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in Manshera, Pakistan, Additional and Sessions Judge Kamal Shah awarded capital punishment to Mohammad Iftikhar and Gulfam for killing Amir Shazad, 18, in January 2004.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE MEN SPARED DEATH PENALTY, GET LIFE TERM
in Karachi, Pakistan, a full bench of the Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of three men to life imprisonment.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Ghaffar Jalil sentenced Faisal Abbas to death for
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Ayub Marth sentenced Mohammad Shahid and Mohammad Amin to death and fined them Rs 600,000 each.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FIVE CONVICTED FOR MURDER
in Bahawalnagar, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Ch. Nazir Ahmad sentenced five people to death for a dacoity-cum-murder case under Donga Bonga police station.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Manzoor Hussain Dogar awarded the death sentence and a fine of Rs 500,000 each to Shaukat Ali and Sher Ali.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH IN RAPE, MURDER CASE
Judge Rauf Ahmed Sheikh of the District Sessions Court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, awarded two death sentences to Ghulam Murtaza for kidnapping, raping and murdering Riffat Zahid and her son Danish Farooq in the limits of Gujar Khan Police Station.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO CONVICTED OF DOUBLE MURDER
in Khushab, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Khushab Manzoor Ahmad Mirza sentenced Arshad Mehmood and Noor Ahmad tp death and fined them Rs 150,000 and Rs 100,000 respectively.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ADSJ AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO TWO ACCUSED
in Jhang, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Javed-Ul-Hassan Chisti awarded the death sentence and a fine of Rs one lakh each to Jamshed and Rab Nawaz for murdering Sajjada Nashin in 2006
- NOVEMBER 7, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional district & sessions Judge Tamar Hayat Gondal sentenced Muhammad Akhtar to death and fined him Rs 200,000.
- OCTOBER 31, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Ali Raza Awan awarded the death sentence to Shamshad and fined him Rs 200,000.
- OCTOBER 31, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Pakistan, Liaqatpur Additional Session Judge Ch Abdul Khaliq sentenced Abid Hussain to death for killing Shabbir of Miani Achha and fined him Rs 200,000