Pakistan 2011
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Pakistan in 2011
- JUNE 9, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE
a Saudi court sentenced an unidentified Pakistani to death for raping a girl and filming her for blackmail. Police arrested the bus driver in the western Red Sea port of Jeddah after the university student complained that he raped her inside the universit
- JUNE 1, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DOUBLE MURDER
in Karachi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Court judge Sagheer Ahmed Shaikh, of the East Judicial Complex, sentenced Mohammad Ovais...
- MAY 28, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING TEENAGER
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge South Abdul Razzak sentenced Mohammed Yousuf...
- MAY 19, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TRIPLE MURDER CASE ACCUSED GETS DEATH
in Pakistan, Chakwal Additional District and Sessions Judge Nisar Baig sentenced Tariq Hussain to death and fined him rupees one lack for his involvement in the famous triple murder case of Kahut village...
- MAY 18, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, Rawalpindi District and Sessions Judge Nazir Ahmed Kajana...
MAY 18, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE TO JUVENILES
National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) and organizations working in Pakistan
- MAY 17, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Vehari, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge M Sadique sentenced Rizwan to death and seven years imprisonment for shooting dead Muhamad Javed on a road while stealing his bike in the limits of Police Station Vehari.
- MAY 14, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH 7 TIMES
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Special Anti-Terrorist Court Judge Mian Anwar Nazir sentenced Asad to death seven times, 94 years in jail and fined him Rs1.2 million and Rs 670,000 for having killed six people.
- MAY 11, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Kasur Additional district & session judge Jazila Aslam sentenced Imran and Tariq to death for killing Siddique Akbar when resisted during a robbery some 18 months back under Saddar police station.
- MAY 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Islamabad, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Iqbal Chadhar sentenced Nasir Mehmood to death and fined him Rs100,000 for killing Muhammad Naveed over a domestic issue in 2009.
- MAY 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ghulam Murtaza sentenced Akram to death for murdering Umar Hayat, of Gujjar Basti, in 2010 over a minor dispute
- MAY 6, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Malik Mushtaq Elahi sentenced Imtiaz Shah and Akram Bhatti to death and fined them Rs 400,000 for fatally shooting Aqeel Shah on July 18, 2009. The case was registered with Miani police station.
- MAY 6, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH, FINE
in Gujranwala, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Abdul Nasir sentenced Irfan to death and 8 years imprisonment and fined him Rs 100,000 onment for strangling the daughter of Dr Amanullah on November 10, 2009.
- MAY 5, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY, RS 100,000 FINE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Liaqatpur Additional district and sessions judge Malik Munir Ahmed Joya sentenced Ghulam Akbar to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for murdering Rehmat Khan. A case was filed with Shedani Sharif police station.
- MAY 2, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI FACING DEATH DESPITE PAYING DIYAT
the stunned family of Pakistani citizen Rahmul Wahab...
- APRIL 28, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDERS
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Yousuf Aujla awarded the death sentence to Aurengzaib to death and ordered him to pay Rs 1,100,000 compensation to the victims' families for killing Muhammad Ashraf in Green Town police limits and Murtaz
- APRIL 27, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH ON TWO COUNTS FOR MURDER
Additional District and Sessions Judge Sardar Tahir Sabir sentenced Ubaid Masih and Shakir Ali to death for stabbing Shahzad to death while trying to rob his house in North Cantt on September 9, 2005.
- APRIL 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE MEN GET DEATH SENTENCE ON TWO COUNTS
in Pakistan, Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorist Court Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan sentenced Imran Rashid, Rizwan Rashid and Muhammad Aijaz to death for kidnapping for ransom and murdering Qazi Abdul Sattar on September 17, 2008.
- APRIL 25, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS THREE TIMES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
in Vehari, Pakistan, Additional and Sessions Judge Bashir Ahmad Chaudhry sentenced Javed Abbas to death and fined him Rs 300,000 for killing Aqeel Anwar, Mohammad Anwar and Rasheedan Bibi over a family feud at chak No 15-WB a few years ago.
APRIL 22, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE DEATH SENTENCES STAYED
the government of Saudi Arabia has stayed death sentence of three persons belonging
- APRIL 19, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Dera Murd Jamali, Pakistan, Nasirabad Additional Session Judge Syed Anwar Aftab awarded capital punishment and a fine of Rupees one lakh to Nabi Bakhsh for fatally shooting Muhammad Ismail and Piara Khan on May 12, 2010, at DC Chowk.
- APRIL 19, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO MEN WALK FREE AS SHC SETS ASIDE DEATH PENALTY
Justice Mohammad Athar Saeed of the Sindh High Court in Pakistan set aside the death sentence handed down to Murad Ali and Haji Abdul Raheem on July 30, 2007 by Thatta’s additional district and sessions court.
- APRIL 18, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN PAKISTAN FOR KILLING BROTHERS
an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan’s Faisalabad district sentenced Maqsood alias Soodi to death for fatally shooting two Christians, Rev. Rashid Emmanuel, 32, and his brother, Sajid Emmanuel, 30, on July 7 2010.
APRIL 10, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE PAKISTANIS SENT TO THE GALLOWS
three Pakistani citizens, imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for the past 13 years on murder and
- APRIL 8, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 AWARDED DEATH
in Chakwal, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Nisar Baig sentenced Noor Khan and Muhammad Akram, from Dhok Larri...
- APRIL 7, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ATC AWARDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Anti-Terrorism Court No.1 Judge Raja Muhammad Arshad sentenced Muhammad Farhan...
- APRIL 6, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY, RS 100,000 FINE
in Pakistan, Liaqatpur Additional district and sessions judge Malik Munir Ahmed Joyia sentenced Saddo to death and fined him Rs 100,000.
- APRIL 6, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Haji Ahmad sentenced Amjad to death and fined him Rs. 100,000 for killing Mian Jahangir over a monetary dispute at his Dera under Hadiara Police Station on January 8, 2005.
- APRIL 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 GET DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Session Judge Chunian Safdar Saleem Shahid sentenced Meraj Din and M Akram, alias Toti, to death for murdering Muhammad Haroon and Muhammad Hanif in village Fateh Muhammad Kalan. The court also fined them Rs 100
- APRIL 1, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAK PREZ GIVES ASSENT FOR REVIEW OF ZULFIKAR'S DEATH SENTENCE
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari gave his assent to a proposal to ask the Supreme Court to review the death sentence awarded to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The proposal will now be sent to the Supreme Court.