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
OCTOBER 5, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ZARDARI WELCOMES CONTINUATION OF MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
Former President Asif Ali Zardari has welcomed the government decision to continue with the policy of
OCTOBER 1, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT OF 8 PAKISTANIS SUSPENDED
Saudi Arabia, on the request of Pakistan embassy, has suspended the capital punishment
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING MINOR
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Mingora, Pakistan, awarded three times death sentence to two
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
an anti-terrorism court in Chakwal, Pakistan
an anti-terrorism court in Chakwal, Pakistan
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: TOP COURT OVERTURNS DEATH VERDICT ON 10 DRUG DEALERS
The UAE’s top court has annulled death sentences against 10 Pakistani drug dealers and reduced
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a driver who murdered his former employer and his four family
a driver who murdered his former employer and his four family
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FAMILY OF DEAD STUDENT PARDONS KILLERS
The family of a Pakistani student has decided to pardon two men convicted in his killing, their
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a sessions court in Nawabshah, Pakistan, sentenced two brothers to death
a sessions court in Nawabshah, Pakistan, sentenced two brothers to death
- AUGUST 30, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
two people were given the death sentence twice and another
two people were given the death sentence twice and another
- AUGUST 27, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: PM NAWAZ HALTS DEATH SENTENCE TO 468 INMATES
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has suspended the implementation of capital punishment to 468 inmates including terrorists and others who were sentenced to death by military courts in Pakistan.
- AUGUST 24, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a Pakistani court has awarded death sentences
a Pakistani court has awarded death sentences
- AUGUST 23, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
an Anti Terrorism Court in Faisalabad, Pakistan...
an Anti Terrorism Court in Faisalabad, Pakistan...
- AUGUST 19, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
an additional district and sessions judge in Lahore, Pakistan
an additional district and sessions judge in Lahore, Pakistan
AUGUST 5, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT ORDERS HAFIZ JALEEL MOREJO TO BE HANGED ON AUGUST 22
After dodging death 21 times, Hafiz Jaleel Morejo, who is serving a death sentence in a
JULY 12, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 400 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW WILL KNOW THEIR FATE
July 12, 2013 Nearly 400 prisoners on death row, who are languishing in jails for the last several years due to non-decision about their fate by the Presidency, will now either be sent to the gallows or face life terms or will be set free.
- JULY 11, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a young mother of two was stoned to death in Pakistan for possessing a cell phone, reported the Asian
a young mother of two was stoned to death in Pakistan for possessing a cell phone, reported the Asian
- JULY 4, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS EXPIRED
Pakistan's new government ended the moratorium on executions, an official said.
JUNE 24, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 2 PAKISTANIS EXECUTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Pakistani men convicted of armed robbery, the interior
JUNE 10, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 1,100 WOMEN IN JAILS, 35 ON DEATH ROW
Of nearly 75,000 prisoners in jails in Pakistan, around 1,100 are women, according to the Human Rights
- JUNE 7, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a judge in Pakistan sentenced the son of a powerful businessman
a judge in Pakistan sentenced the son of a powerful businessman
- JUNE 7, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
two young men received death sentences over a fatal shooting
two young men received death sentences over a fatal shooting
JUNE 5, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi authorities beheaded by the sword a Pakistani convicted of smuggling heroin, the interior ministry said.
JUNE 3, 2013SeychellesDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 5 FOREIGNERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DRUGS
An Egyptian court sentenced five foreigners including a British sailor to death after they were convicted of
- MAY 21, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A man convicted of murdering his brother-in-law with a sharp dagger was sentenced to death
APRIL 12, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR RAPE, MURDER
Saudi authorities executed a Pakistani man convicted of rape and murder, in the northwestern
APRIL 3, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: APPEALS COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE OF CHRISTIAN
A Pakistani appeals court overturned the conviction and death sentence of Younis Masih, a Christian
APRIL 1, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: THREE HANGED IN THE FIRST EXECUTIONS SINCE 2007
Kuwait hanged three convicted murderers in the first executions in the Gulf state since May 2007, the ministry of justice said.
MARCH 12, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MILITARY OFFICIAL STONED TO DEATH
A military official was stoned to death in Pakistan after he was caught trying to elope with
MARCH 6, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC REVOKES DEATH SENTENCE IN MUSHARRAF ATTACK CASE
Pakistan's Supreme Court set aside the death sentences given by a military court to two men
- MARCH 6, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 52 DEATH SENTENCES FOR 52 LIVES LOST
A judge who faced constant death threats from the Taliban during a 22-month long case