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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MARCH 27, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HONOUR KILLING IN TOBA TEK SINGH
A court in Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan, on March 24, 2025 sentenced two men to death for the murder of Maria Bibi, who was killed by her father and brother in March 2024.
MARCH 17, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RANSOM-MURDER CASE
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan sentenced two criminals to death in a ransom cum murder case, the Tribune reported on March 9, 2025.
MARCH 5, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FELLOW KILN WORKER
A murder convict was sentenced to death in Pakistan on February 24, 2025 for killing his fellow worker at a brick kiln located in Dandi area of Attock, in the limits of Pindigheb Police station, on April 28, 2024.
MARCH 3, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY AS CASES SURGE
A court in Pakistan’s Lahore has sentenced a man to death for blasphemy, police said on February 27, 2025
FEBRUARY 12, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACQUITTED OF BLASPHEMY
A court in Pakistan on January 25, 2025 acquitted Christian twin brothers of a false blasphemy accusation as the prosecution failed to prove charges against them, their attorney said.
FEBRUARY 11, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COUPLE DURING HOUSE ROBBERY
Additional District and Sessions Judge (South) Abdul Hafeez Lashari, who conducted the trial at the judicial complex inside the central prison, Karachi, found Nawaz Khursheed guilty of murdering an elderly couple, Jawed Iftikhar and Salma, in their DHA Ph
- JANUARY 29, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: IHC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF TWO CONVICTS TO LIFE TERM IN OSAMA SATTI MURDER CASE
The Islamabad High Court on January 22, 2025 commuted the death sentence of two convicts in Osama Satti murder case to life imprisonment and acquitting three others.
- JANUARY 27, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 4 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani court on January 25, 2025 sentenced four people to death for blasphemy
- JANUARY 14, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: PESHAWAR HIGH COURT BLOCKS DEPORTATION OF OVER 100 AFGHAN MUSICIANS
The Peshawar High Court on January 10, 2025 issued an order preventing the forced deportation of more than 100 Afghan musicians who have sought political asylum in Pakistan, according to local media reports.
- JANUARY 13, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN, SON AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING RELATIVE, HIS DAUGHTER OVER ‘HONOUR’
Jamshoro’s additional sessions court on January 10, 2025 sentenced a man and his son to death after they were found guilty of murdering a young woman and her father in the name of honour.
- DECEMBER 10, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: BRITISH NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Sessions Court in Jhelum, Pakistan, on December 7, 2024 handed down a death sentence to a British national for the murder of his British-Pakistani uncle.
NOVEMBER 12, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BOY’S RAPE, MURDER CASE
A military court has sentenced a soldier to death in a case pertaining to rape and murder of a shepherd boy in Chhore, Dawn reported on November 9, 2024.
- OCTOBER 30, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR COPS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER FAKE ENCOUNTER
A Chak Jhumra court has sentenced four police personnel, including a head constable, to death and imposed a fine of Rs1 million for their involvement in a fabricated police encounter that occurred six years ago in the Millat Town area, The Tribune reporte
- OCTOBER 22, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN LABOUR LEADER’S MURDER CASE
A model court has handed down death sentence to a man in a five-year-old case pertaining to the murder of a labour leader, The News reported on October 19, 2024.
- OCTOBER 17, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BLASPHEMY CASE
A special Pakistani court has convicted a man on blasphemy charges, sentencing him to death along with life imprisonment, and imposing a fine of Rs 0.7 million.
- OCTOBER 14, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 6,161 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW
A total of 6,161 Pakistani prisoners were on death row in 2024 (Statistics updated on 30th Sep, 2024), an increase from last year’s 6,039, according to a report by Justice Project Pakistan (JPP).
OCTOBER 2, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: LHC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY AGAINST 14 GANG MEMBERS
The Multan Bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) on September 12, 2024 upheld death sentence handed down to 14 members of the Chhotu Gang of the riverine area in a case of killing six policemen.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY ON WHATSAPP
Shagufta Kiran, a 40-year-old Pakistani Christian woman, was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to death under Article 295-C of the Penal Code for defaming the Prophet Muhammad through a message on the social media WhatsApp, Agenzia Fides reported on
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SHANGLA COURT AWARDS DEATH TO FOUR IN MURDER CASE
Shangla District and sessions judge on September 21, 2024 handed down death sentence to four ‘contract killers’ and life imprisonment to five others for killing three brothers and their father over property dispute in Bagyar area of Puran in 2021.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR INSULTING PROPHET MUHAMMAD ON SOCIAL MEDIA
A Pakistan court awarded a death sentence to a man from the Punjab province for insulting the Prophet Muhammad on social media, a court official said on September 14, 2024.
- AUGUST 7, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR IN KARACHI GET DEATH FOR KIDNAP, MURDER & RAPE OF TWO BOYS
A Karachi anti-terrorism court (ATC) sentenced four men to death for abducting and killing two minor boys as well as for raping them and demanding ransom, Dawn reported on August 2, 2024.
- JULY 30, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
Mardan Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on July 27, 2024 convicted a man of committing blasphemy and sentenced him to death along with a fine of Rs100,000.
- JULY 25, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2021 MURDER IN KORANGI
A model court in Pakistan on July 24, 2024 sentenced four men to death for murdering a teacher over a monetary issue.
JULY 22, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MOBILE SNATCHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING KARACHI YOUTH
A sessions court in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on July 13, 2024 sentenced a convict to death on charges of killing a youth in 2018 for resisting robbery.
- JULY 15, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TORCHING WIFE
Special Judge of the Anti-Terrorism Court in Sahiwal, Ziaullah Khan, has sentenced Tariq Sheikh to two death penalties and imposed a fine of Rs1 million for burning his wife, Shazia, alive, The Tribune reported on June 30, 2024.
- JULY 11, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: YOUNG CHRISTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
The Anti-Terrorism Court in Sahiwal has sentenced the young Christian Ehsan Shan to death for allegedly sharing a blasphemous post on social media, considered the cause of the violence in Jaranwala on August 16, 2023.
- JULY 10, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO MURDER CONVICTS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DIFFERENT MURDER CASES
An Attock court has awarded capital punishment to two convicts on charges of killing two persons in two different murder cases registered against them in Jand and Bassal Police stations respectively, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported on July 3, 20
- JULY 3, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE IN BOMBING CASE
Two men on July 1, 2024 were sentenced to death and three times life imprisonment in the Ganjmandi police station bomb blast case by verdict of Judge Malik Ijaz Asif of the Special Anti-Terrorism Court of Rawalpindi.
- JUNE 26, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BURNING WIFE ALIVE
Faisalabad Additional Sessions Judge Abul Hassnat sentenced a man to death for burning his wife alive two years ago in Raza Abad police limits, The Nation reported on June 25, 2024.
- JUNE 6, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, TWO CHILDREN
An antiterrorism court (ATC) in Karachi handed down death sentence on four counts to a man for murdering his wife, two minor children and a young brother-in-law over domestic issues in 2017, Dawn reported on June 1st, 2024.