Pakistan 2014

PAKISTAN: BAN KI-MOON URGED NAWAZ SHARIF TO HALT EXECUTIONS

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Pakistan to end capital punishment and restore a moratorium

PAKISTAN: EUROPE CONDEMNS DECISION TO RESUME EXECUTIONS

the European Union Mission in Islamabad discouraged Pakistan’s decision to resume executions in the

PAKISTAN: FOUR MORE SENT TO THE GALLOWS AFTER SCHOOL ATTACK

Pakistan executed four more militants after ending a six-year moratorium on the death penalty following a Taliban school attack that killed 149 people, officials said.

PAKISTAN: TWO TERRORISTS EXECUTED AFTER THE GOVERNMENT ENDED A MORATORIUM ON CAPITAL

two convicted terrorists were hanged in Pakistan just two days after the Nawaz Sharif government ended a

PAKISTAN PREPARES TO EXECUTE 55 DEATH ROW INMATES

Pakistan is preparing to execute 55 inmates on death row after the country ended the moratorium on the

PAKISTAN PREPARES TO EXECUTE 55 DEATH ROW INMATES

Pakistan is preparing to execute 55 inmates on death row after the country ended the moratorium on the

PAKISTAN: PRESIDENT REJECTS MERCY APPEAL OF 17 DEATH PENALTY CONVICTS

President Mamnoon Hussain rejected appeal to mercy of 17 criminals convicted for death penalty.

There are around 8,261 prisoners on death row in more than five dozen jails of the country, ministries of

There are around 8,261 prisoners on death row in more than five dozen jails of the country, ministries of

PAKISTAN: PRIME MINISTER LIFTS MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY AFTER TALIBAN ATTACK

the Pakistani Prime Minister lifted the moratorium on the death penalty in terrorism-related cases, a day

PAKISTAN: HUSBAND OF CHRISTIAN WOMAN PLEADS FOR BLASPHEMY PARDON

The husband of a Christian woman who was sentenced to death four years ago under Pakistan’s blasphemy

SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI DRUG SMUGGLER BEHEADED

A man who was convicted of smuggling heroin in his intestines has become the seventh Pakistani beheaded

PAKISTAN: EU LINKS MARKET ACCESS WITH ABOLISHING OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

The European Union has demanded Pakistan to abolish the death penalty by retaining a moratorium on

PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR ASIA BIBI UPHELD BY THE HIGH COURT

A Pakistani court upheld the death penalty for Asia Bibi, a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy in 2010.

PAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT SENTENCED TO DEATH

Sargodha District and Session Judge Malik Sajid Ali awarded death sentence to a man accused of murder

PAKISTAN: POLICEMAN KILLS CHRISTIAN ACCUSED OF BLASPHEMY

A Pakistani policeman shot two men in jail, killing one accused of blasphemy and wounding another

SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI BEHEADED FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING

Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani who attempted to smuggle heroin into the kingdom, the interior ministry

PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER

A court sentenced a man to death in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan, for murdering a shopkeeper. Three other

PAKISTAN: COURT STAYS HANGING OF A MURDERER SET TO BE EXECUTED ON 18 SEPTEMBER

A Pakistani court postponed for almost a month the hanging of a murderer in what would have been the

SRI LANKA: PAKISTANI CHRISTIANS DEPORTED DESPITE POSSIBLE DEATH SENTENCE

United Nations officials said Sri Lanka has begun sending Pakistani asylum seekers, including Christians,

IRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS INCLUDING A PAKISTANI CITIZEN

SAUDI ARABIA: TWO PEOPLE BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MURDER

PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE

In two different murder cases in Pakistan, Syed Muzafar Ali Shah Additional Sessions Judge awarded death

PAKISTAN: BLASPHEMY ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH

A sessions court in Pakistan handed down the death sentence and imposed a fine of Rs100,000 on a

PAKISTAN: A MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM

an anti-terrorism court in Karachi awarded capital punishment to the mastermind of the Pakistan Industrial

PAKISTAN: COUPLE GET DEATH SENTENCES FOR BLASPHEMY

A Pakistani Christian couple have been sentenced to death for blasphemy after allegedly sending a text

PAKISTAN: A CHRISTIAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR BLASPHEMY

A Pakistani court found Sawan Masih, a 35-year-old Christian, guilty of blasphemy and sentenced him to death.

PAKISTAN: INTERIOR MINISTER ANNOUNCED THE SUSPENSION OF THE DEATH PENALTY

Pakistan has suspended the implementation of the death sentence for an indefinite period, the country's Interior Minister Chaudry Nisar Ali told the Parliament.

PAKISTAN: DRUG SMUGGLING CASES, 70% OF DEATH SENTENCES QUASHED BY HIGHER COURTS

Seventy per cent of the death sentences awarded by the country’s lower judiciary on drug smuggling

PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER

Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Ali Zulqarnain in Lahore awarded death sentence to a man,