Pakistan
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · In December 1998, the Government set up military trial...
- News items in the archive
- 2,092
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Pakistan is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 2,092 news items on Pakistan, from 1999 to today.
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JUNE 16, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC RESTORES DEATH SENTENCE OF PML-N MNA
The Supreme Court restored the death sentence of PML-N MNA Abid Raza in a murder case, saying that a convict sentenced under Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) cannot be acquitted.
JUNE 8, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCE IN JUDGE MURDER CASE
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi handed down death sentence to three men convicted of
JUNE 6, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: KILLER OF THREE EXECUTED IN MULTAN
A death row prisoner involved in killing three persons over a property dispute was executed in
- JUNE 1, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH ROW CONVICT EXECUTED IN SAHIWAL
A death convict Hamed Akhtar was hanged to death in Sahiwal while security was tightened in and out
MAY 31, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CONVICTED FOR RELATIVE MURDER HANGED IN ATTOCK
A condemned prisoner was hanged in district jail Attock early in the morning.
MAY 26, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED IN TIMERGARA
A death row inmate was executed at the District Jail Timergara early the morning, official sources said.
MAY 24, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FIVE NAVAL OFFICERS GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR ATTACK ON DOCKYARD
Five navy officers were given the death sentence by a Navy court in Pakistan for planning to hijack a
- MAY 10, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN ADIALA, SAHIWAL JAIL
Pakistan put to death three prisoners convicted of murder in different cases.
MAY 4, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FIVE MURDER CONVICTS HANGED IN KOT LAKHPAT AND MIANWALI
Five murder convicts were executed between 4 and 5 May in two different jails.
MAY 3, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH ROW INMATE EXECUTED IN SARGODHA, CONVICT’S EXECUTION HALTED IN JHANG
A death row convict was hanged to death in Sargodha while another death row inmate execution halted in Jhang.
- APRIL 28, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN HARIPUR
Two death row convicts were hanged in the Central Jail Haripur on early morning, Dunya News reported.
APRIL 26, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN FAISALABAD
Two death row convicts were sent to gallows in the Central Jail Faisalabad.
- APRIL 15, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: PRESIDENT TURNED DOWN 513 MERCY PETITIONS OVER LAST FIVE YEARS
The Pakistani president rejected as many as 513 mercy petitions of condemned prisoners over the last five
APRIL 14, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO MURDER CONVICTS HANGED IN HARIPUR, MULTAN
Two murder convicts were hanged separately in jails of Multan and Haripur.
- APRIL 13, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
At least four death row convicts were hanged in the jails of Larkana, Jhang, Multan and Sialkot on early
At least four death row convicts were hanged in the jails of Larkana, Jhang, Multan and Sialkot on early
- APRIL 12, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Two death convicts were executed in Faisalabad and Sahiwal jails.
Two death convicts were executed in Faisalabad and Sahiwal jails.
- APRIL 9, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
real brothers Nasir Mehmood and Tahir Mehmood were executed in
real brothers Nasir Mehmood and Tahir Mehmood were executed in
APRIL 6, 2016United KingdomDEATH PENALTYAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT UP BY 54% IN 2015, PAKISTAN TOPS LIST
The numbers of death penalty has risen over an alarming 54 per cent in 2015-16.
APRIL 6, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE MORE DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED
Three death row convicts involved in two different murder cases were executed in the Kot Lakhpat Jail Lahore on early morning, Dunya News reported.
APRIL 5, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED IN KOT LAKHPAT JAIL
A death row prisoner was hanged in the Kot Lakhpat Jail Lahore on early morning while the execution of
MARCH 31, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDERER GETS DEATH, TERROR CONVICTS JAIL SENTENCES
Courts in Karachi handed down the death sentence to a murder convict and a 14-year jail term to two terror convicts.
- MARCH 31, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FIVE BROTHERS
Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Ghulam Mustafa Memon sentenced to death two government
- MARCH 30, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A death row prisoner was hanged in the District Jail Sialkot early the morning while the execution of two
A death row prisoner was hanged in the District Jail Sialkot early the morning while the execution of two
- MARCH 30, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN:TWO CONVICTED BY MILITARY COURTS HANGED IN KOHAT
Two 'terrorists' convicted by military courts for involvement in attacks on security officials and civilians were executed at a jail in Kohat, a military sourced confirmed.
- MARCH 29, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A double murder convict was sent on the gallows in District Jail Sargodha in the wee hours. According to
A double murder convict was sent on the gallows in District Jail Sargodha in the wee hours. According to
- MARCH 24, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED BY MILITARY COURTS HANGED IN SAHIWAL
Two convicts, tried and sentenced by military courts for their of involvement in “terrorist attacks”, were
- MARCH 22, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MORE THAN 350 PRISONERS HANGED SINCE DECEMBER 2014, GOVERNMENT TELLS THE SUPREME COURT
In Islamabad, federal government notified the highest court of the 353 death row prisoners hanged in the country since December 2014.
MARCH 15, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED IN SAHIWAL
A death row prisoner was hanged in the Central Jail Sahiwal early the morning while the execution of
- MARCH 15, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ARMY CHIEF RATIFIES DEATH SENTENCE OF 13 TERRORISTS INCLUDING CLIMBER KILLER
Army Chief General Raheel Sharif ratified death sentence of 13 ‘hardcore terrorists’ found guilty of
- MARCH 9, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE MORE DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED
One death row convict was executed in the District Jail, Toba Tek Singh on early morning.