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
- 2,105
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 2,105 news items on Pakistan, from 1999 to today.
In Pakistan the death penalty applies to a very wide list of offences, from murder to terrorism to blasphemy, and the method is hanging. The country observed a de facto moratorium for some years, broken after the attack on the school in Peshawar in 2014.
Pakistan's death row is among the most populated in the world. The archive follows executions, sentences, appeals and the cases of people with mental disabilities.
Latest news
JUNE 10, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: A MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
an anti-terrorism court in Karachi awarded capital punishment to the mastermind of the Pakistan Industrial
APRIL 5, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COUPLE GET DEATH SENTENCES FOR BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani Christian couple have been sentenced to death for blasphemy after allegedly sending a text
MARCH 27, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 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.
MARCH 26, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 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.
- MARCH 26, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTY
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
MARCH 18, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Ali Zulqarnain in Lahore awarded death sentence to a man,
MARCH 9, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: PAKISTANI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A 30-year-old Pakistani man in Dubai (UAE) was sentenced to death for trafficking four kilogrammes of
MARCH 1, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH, 4 JAILED FOR LIFE IN WALI BABAR MURDER CASE
An anti-terrorism court in Kandhkot, Pakistan, announced sentences in Geo News reporter Wali Khan
FEBRUARY 17, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYCOUPLE 'STONED TO DEATH' IN SOUTHWEST PAKISTAN: OFFICIALS
A tribal couple in southwest Pakistan have been stoned to death allegedly on the orders of a local cleric
- FEBRUARY 8, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
In Pakistan, the Sindh High Court (SHC) dismissed the appeal of a former police constable against his
- FEBRUARY 7, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 84-YEAR-OLD CONVICT ON DEATH ROW GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
A man who was sentenced to death in Pakistan heaved a sigh of relief as the Sindh High Court (SHC)
- FEBRUARY 5, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Asharaf Ramadan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded in Riyadh over alleged charges of drug
Mohammed Asharaf Ramadan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded in Riyadh over alleged charges of drug
JANUARY 23, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: BLASPHEMY ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Rawalpindi (Pakistan) sentenced a self-proclaimed prophet to death after convicting him of
JANUARY 14, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO PAKISTANIS BEHEADED IN YEAR’S FIRST EXECUTIONS
Saudi authorities beheaded two Pakistanis for drug smuggling in the kingdom’s first executions of the year,
- JANUARY 1, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan sanctions the death penalty for 27 offences
Pakistan sanctions the death penalty for 27 offences
DECEMBER 31, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: A PAKISTANI MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi authorities beheaded a Pakistani man after he was convicted of smuggling drugs into the kingdom, the
- DECEMBER 28, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE IN BLASPHEMY CASE
In Pakistan, additional Sessions Judge Chaudhry Zafar Iqbal awarded death sentences to two
- DECEMBER 10, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The anti-terrorist court in Taxila (Pakistan) sentenced four people to death for abducting and
- DECEMBER 8, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI DRUG TRAFFICKER BEHEADED
A Pakistani man, identified as Mohammed Zayer Khan Qol, was beheaded after he was found
DECEMBER 6, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY A BARRIER TO EU MARKET ACCESS, SENATE TOLD
In a written statement to the Senate, the Foreign Ministry said that Pakistan's case for greater
- DECEMBER 5, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SHARIAT COURT STATES DEATH ONLY PENALTY FOR BLASPHEMER
After 23 years, the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) has issued orders to remove the provision of life-
- NOVEMBER 29, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: RAPIST, KILLER OF EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH
A man was sentenced to death in Pakistan for raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in 2006.
NOVEMBER 28, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN YOUNIS MASIH RELEASED FROM PRISON
The 35 year-old Christian Younis Masih was released today in Pakistan, with a decision on behalf
- NOVEMBER 27, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Ishtiaq Ahmad
Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Ishtiaq Ahmad
NOVEMBER 26, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling drugs to the ultra-conservative
NOVEMBER 18, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYUNITED KINGDOM: PRESSURE ON BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO END SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS PROGRAMS IN IRAN AND PAKISTAN
The legal and human rights charity Reprieve has called on the United Kingdom to follow Ireland’s
- NOVEMBER 17, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: PAKISTANI DRUG TRAFFICKER EXECUTED
A Pakistani drug trafficker was executed by firing squad at a South Tangerang cemetery early in the morning in the fifth death sentence carried out by Indonesian authorities since the government announced a renewed push to execute those convicted of capit
- NOVEMBER 11, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the anti-terrorism court (ATC), in Pakistan, awarded death sentences
the anti-terrorism court (ATC), in Pakistan, awarded death sentences
- OCTOBER 30, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: NO PLAN TO ABOLISH DEATH SENTENCE, NISAR TELLS SENATE
Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan categorically stated that the government did
- OCTOBER 25, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR GET DEATH SENTENCE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
In Khairpur (Pakistan) third additional district and sessions judge Ghotki Shafi Muhammad