Pakistan 2011
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Pakistan in 2011
- MARCH 31, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF ATTACK CASE: SC REJECTS REVIEW PLEA OF TWO CONVICTS
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry of the Pakistani Supreme Court...
- MARCH 29, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDER
in Jaranwala, Pakistan, a court sentenced Imtiaz Ahmad of Chak to death and fined him Rs 200,000 for killing his father-in-law Abdul Sattar on April 4, 2009, with a club in his bathroom, under Sadar police station.
- MARCH 28, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in Ajman, the United Arab Emirates, sentenced a Pakistani identified as SH to death for murdering compatriot Emirat Alyoum following a dispute, a newspaper reported.
- MARCH 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SHARJAH COURT FREES 8 PUNJABI YOUTHS OF MURDER CHARGE
judges Abul Majd Al Sharqawi, Ehab and Aidroos of the Shariat court in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, put its seal on the blood money accepted by the father of a murdered Pakistani youth and freed 8 Indians from Punjab and 2 Pakistanis of all charges
- MARCH 24, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ATC AWARDS DEATH PENALTY
in Sargodha, Paksitan, Anti Terrorism Court Judge Muhammad Anwar Nazir sentenced Abdul Aziz, Amir Hayat and Abdul Hameed to death.
- MARCH 23, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED TO LIFE
the Supreme Appellate Court of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan commuted the death sentences of Mir Ahmed and Dolat Shah to life imprisonment.
- MARCH 18, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Kasur District & Sessions judge Nazeer Ahmed Gajan...
MARCH 16, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: BLOOD MONEY – CIA CONTRACTOR ACQUITTED OF MURDERS
Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor, who was alleged to have shot and killed two men
- MARCH 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN DEATH ROW PRISONERS 'LANGUISH IN JAIL'
More than 8,000 prisoners sentenced to death by Pakistani courts over the past 20 years
- MARCH 11, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Chakwal, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Sohail Akram sentenced Shaukat Iqbal, Qasim Naseeb and Atif Khalid, all residents of Waula village of tehsil Choa Syedan Shah, to death for murdering Mudassir Nafees on March 27, 2009.
- MARCH 10, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SIX GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Kasur Additional District and Sessions Judge Jazila Aslam sentenced Sarja, Rehmat
- MARCH 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Joharabad District and Sessions Judge Mian Mureed Hussain sentenced Wali Daad to death for gunning down Muhammad Ashraf over water dispute on February 25, 2009, under Quaidabad Police Station. He was also ordered to pay Rs 100,000 compensatio
- MARCH 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: BLASPHEMY ACCUSED GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Jhelum, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Tariq Mehmood Zargham sentenced Malik Ashraf
- MARCH 7, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Chakwal Additional District & Sessions Judge Abu-Al-Hasnat Zulqarnain...
- MARCH 4, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Attock, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Anwar Ahmed Khan sentenced Syedan Shah, resident of Khyber Agency, to death and fined him Rs200,000 for smuggling 15 kg of heroin in October 2010 in Attock.
- MARCH 4, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Ferozewala Additional District and Sessions Judge Khalid Nawaz Dar sentenced Mubashir, alias Bashiri, to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for killing Muhammad Mehboob Ayub of Cheecho Kee Maliyaan over a minor issue in 2003.
- MARCH 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY AWARDED FOR KIDNAPPING
in Sargodha, Pakistan, anti-terrorism court Judge Muhammad Anwar Nazir sentenced Abid Ali to death for kidnapping and murdering Muhammad Ismail...
- MARCH 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MOVE TO ABOLISH DEATH SENTENCE TO BE RESISTED
in Pakistan, Jamaat e Islami secretary general Liaquat Baloch said the JI would resist every move to abolish death sentence.
MARCH 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MINORITY MINISTER KILLED
Pakistan's religious minority minister, the Catholic Shahbaz Bhatti, has been killed in Islamabad
- FEBRUARY 28, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE, FINE
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sohail Ikram sentenced Muhammad Shabbir to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for stabbing Muhammad Ashraf to death over a minor domestic dispute on August 1, 2009.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE
in Attock, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions Judge of Fatehjang sentenced Mumraiz Khan to death and fined him Rs200,000 in a murder case.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Kasur District and Sessions Judge Nazir Ahmad Gajana sentenced Muhammad Saleem to death and fined him Rs 160,000 for killing Muhammad Asif over a minor issue in Cheena Ottar village in 2008, under Kot Radha Kishan police station.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 3 GET DEATH ON 2 COUNTS IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Kasur Additional District and Sessions Judge Jawadul Hassan sentenced Muhammad Din...
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN CONDEMNED PRISONERS BEING KEPT IN DEATH CELLS IN VIOLATION OF RULES
despite the passage of four months, the Prison Department of Khyber...
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: THREE PAKISTANIS TO HANG FOR MURDER
Justice Catherine Bamugemereire of the Ugandan High Court sentenced Pakistani nationals Ahmed Naveed, 28, Hussein Muzaffar...
- FEBRUARY 21, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ACCUSED GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, Upper Dir District and Sessions Judge Sardar Mohammad Irshad sentenced Abdul Hakim of Serai Bandai Khwar to death for the honour killing of his brother's wife Saleema Bibi in 2009
FEBRUARY 21, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MUMBAI ATTACK
an appeals court in India confirmed the conviction and death sentence for the only surviving
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COURT AWARDS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
in Kot Momin, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Zia Ullah Khan Niazi sentenced Ghulam Abbas to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for murdering rival Shaukat on March 12, 2008, under Jhal Chakian police station.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH FOR KILLING CHILD
an anti-terrorism court in Lahore, Pakistan, sentenced Shaiban Akhter and Ihsan Akhter to death and 14-year vigorous imprisonment and fined them Rs 50,000 each.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Jameel Ahmed Ch sentenced Muhammad Ashraf and Nasir Mehmood to death and fined them rupees one lakh each for murdering taxi driver Waheed Ahmed by electrocution