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
FEBRUARY 27, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 7,046 DEATH ROW INMATES AWAITING EXECUTION
In Pakistan, the Supreme Court was informed that 7,046 inmates on death row are awaiting
- FEBRUARY 20, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a Pakistani man, Aqeel Khan Mohammed Riyad...
a Pakistani man, Aqeel Khan Mohammed Riyad...
FEBRUARY 2, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Two men were sentenced to death in Pakistan, in two separate cases. In the first case, District
FEBRUARY 1, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MULTIPLE DEATH SENTENCES FOR ORCHESTRATOR OF 2011 SUICIDE BOMBING
An Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) in Pakistan awarded the death penalty seven times to an accused convicted
FEBRUARY 1, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DOUBLE DEATH SENTENCE TO WOMAN IN ABDUCTION CASE
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan’s Punjab province awarded two death sentences
JANUARY 28, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY ACQUITTED ON APPEAL
The Pakistani Christian community can celebrate the acquittal on appeal of a man sentenced to death for blasphemy.
- JANUARY 17, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) awarded death sentence to a person
the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) awarded death sentence to a person
- JANUARY 1, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan sanctions the death penalty for 27 offences
Pakistan sanctions the death penalty for 27 offences
- DECEMBER 26, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Majority of Pakistanis are in favour of the death sentence...
Majority of Pakistanis are in favour of the death sentence...
- DECEMBER 19, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 4 AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE ON 3 COUNTS
In Pakistan, Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) No-II, Rawalpindi, Judge Rana Masood Akhtar
DECEMBER 11, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC SEEKS DETAILS OF ALL PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW
Pakistan's Supreme Court sought details of all prisoners on death row in jails across the country
DECEMBER 9, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi authorities beheaded a Pakistani in the city of Mecca for stabbing to death a compatriot, the interior ministry said.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a Chitrali man, who was convicted for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad
a Chitrali man, who was convicted for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad
NOVEMBER 15, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SOLDIER MUHAMMED HUSSAIN IS EXECUTED FOR MURDER
A Pakistani soldier sentenced to death four years ago become the first man to be executed in the country for almost four years. Muhammed Hussain was condemned in 2008 for murdering his senior officer. He was hanged at a jail in Mianwali city, Punjab pr
NOVEMBER 14, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani court condemned a man to death for blasphemy, believed to be the first such sentence
NOVEMBER 7, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 15 GET CAPITAL SENTENCE IN KIDNAPPING CASE
In Pakistan, Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Khairpur gave capital sentence to 15 accused
NOVEMBER 2, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: GOVT PLANS TO BRING BILL AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
In Pakistan, the government plans to introduce a bill in parliament which will convert death
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a special judge of the anti-terrorism court, in Rawalpindi...
a special judge of the anti-terrorism court, in Rawalpindi...
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani national in the holy city of Medina after convicting him of drug smuggling, the interior ministry said.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SUPREME COURT ASKED TO END DEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's Supreme Court was asked to declare the death penalty unconstitutional, a ruling
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ZARDARI DELAYS DEATH SENTENCE OF SEVEN PRISONERS
In Pakistan, on the directives of the President Asif Ali Zardari, death sentence of seven
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabia executed a citizen of Pakistan in the city of Medina for drug trafficking.
- AUGUST 29, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
India's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Mohammad
India's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Mohammad
- AUGUST 14, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a man who swallowed 80 capsules of heroin to smuggle
a man who swallowed 80 capsules of heroin to smuggle
- AUGUST 7, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SC MOVED AGAINST DEATH PENALTY LAW
In Pakistan, an application on behalf of the Watan Party was moved in the Supreme
JULY 30, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: HEROIN SMUGGLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A man who swallowed 103 capsules of heroin so he could smuggle the drug into the UAE faces execution
- JULY 25, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: PPP STOPS EXECUTION OF DEATH PENALTY IN SINDH
In Pakistan, the Sindh law and prisons minister, Ayaz Soomro, announced that there will be no
- JULY 16, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH ON TWO COUNTS
A man was sentenced to death in Pakistan on two counts for throwing acid on a woman
- JULY 10, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MURDER ACCUSED AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
In Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Tariq Mehmood Zargham awarded
- JULY 6, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: PRESIDENT PUTS MORATORIUM ON DEATH SENTENCES
In Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari has stopped the implementation of the sentencing