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.
Latest news
MAY 20, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO PAKISTANIS BEHEADED FOR MURDERS
Saudi authorities beheaded two Pakistanis in Makkah finding them guilty of two murders, the interior ministry said.
MAY 17, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: BEHRAM KHAN’S EXECUTION POSTPONED
In Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari issued a stay order for the execution of Behram Khan, a
MAY 10, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: LAWYER’S KILLER SET TO BE HANGED ON 23RD
In Pakistan, an anti-terrorism court issued the black warrant for a convict who was condemned
APRIL 20, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
An anti terrorism court in Sargodha, Pakistan, awarded ten times death sentence to three
- APRIL 19, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
three people have been sentenced to death in Faisalabad, Pakistan.
three people have been sentenced to death in Faisalabad, Pakistan.
APRIL 18, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY STATUS QUO
As many as 313 people, including six women, were sentenced to death by various
- APRIL 15, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: PRESIDENT ZARDARI, NO CHANGE ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
replying to a question by journalists in Multan on the issue of revoking the capital punishment
APRIL 13, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 5 KIDNAPPERS AWARDED DEATH
In Pakistan, an anti-terrorism court awarded death sentence to five persons on charges
APRIL 11, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN TRAIN BOMB BLAST CASE
In Pakistan, announcing the judgment of Train bomb blast case, Anti-Terrorism court Bahawalpur
- APRIL 4, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Pakistani man has been executed in Saudi Arabia after being found guilty of drug trafficking.
MARCH 7, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
An additional sessions judge, Chaudhary Ghulam Murtaza, in Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan,
- FEBRUARY 29, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
In Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Muhammad
- FEBRUARY 24, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a man was sentenced to death, in Pakistan, on three counts in a kidnapping
a man was sentenced to death, in Pakistan, on three counts in a kidnapping
- FEBRUARY 21, 2012United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH SENTENCE FOR HUSBAND WHO KILLED PROSTITUTE
The Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance convicted AK, a 29-year-old worker from Pakistan
- JANUARY 30, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TALIBAN EXECUTE 21 CAPTURED PARAMILITARY MEN
Pakistani Taliban militants have executed 21 paramilitary force men who were captured
JANUARY 30, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR BLASPHEMY
A ‘blasphemy’ accused was sentenced to death and also to 10 years’ imprisonment in Pakistan.
- JANUARY 27, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH FOR MURDER
In Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muneer Ahmad awarded the
- JANUARY 19, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE
In Pakistan, the court of District and Sessions Judge Karak Fazle Subhan announced death sentence
JANUARY 17, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHILDREN ON DEATH ROW
Currently, there are five prisoners on death row of Mach Jail in Balochistan, Pakistan
- JANUARY 10, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED IN RAPE AND MURDER CASE
A man, Gohar Ahmed alias Chaman, was sentenced to death in Pakistan for kidnapping
- JANUARY 1, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes...
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes...
- DECEMBER 24, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH FOR KILLING POLICEMAN
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Mushtaq Elahi Bingi sentenced Nazakat Ali, Mehboob, Farooq, Anwar and Ashraf to death and life imprisonment. The three allegedly killed a police officer on November 24, 2009.
- DECEMBER 19, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 3 BROTHERS AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
Rawalpindi Additional District and Sessions Judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry sentenced brothers Muhammad Shakil, Muhammad Shabbir and Muhammad Tanvir to death for killing Said Muhammad, Allah Noor, Manzoor Khan and Naseer Ahmed. The court also fined them Rs100,
- DECEMBER 16, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE BROTHERS GET DEATH SENTENCE
Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Javedul Hassan Chishti sentenced brothers Nasir, Adil and Muhammad Asif to death for killing Muhammad Mansha and Muhammad Ashfaq when they stopped the brothers from teasing women on January 5, 2006. The cour
- DECEMBER 1, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: INDIAN PRISONER’S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED, LHC TOLD
the superintendent of the Lahore Central Jail informed the Lahore High Court that Indian prisoner Surjit Singh was sent to the jail in 1985 as a condemned prisoner but now he is being treated as life imprisonment convict in the light of the general amnest
DECEMBER 1, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: DEATH UPHELD FOR TRIO IN MAKKAH MURDERS
the Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences issued in Saudi Arabia by
- NOVEMBER 30, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Peshawar, Pakistan, Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Anwar Ali Khan sentenced Ajab Khan to death and fined him Rs1 million, three years imprisonment and a fine of Rs50,000 for killing five people in Nowshera district in 2006.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Anti-Terrorist Court No.1 Judge Ishtiaq Ahmad sentenced Ahad Shah of Chak No.237-RB to death and fined him Rs 200,000.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG DEALING
in Lahore, Pakistan, Additional District & Sessions Judge Saeed Ullah Mughal sentenced Wazir Khan to death and fined him Rs 500,000 for possessing 30 kg of hashish on May 18, 2006.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: IHC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF KILLER OF WIFE, SON
in Pakistan, Chief Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman of the Islamabad High Court upheld the death sentence of Zahid Rehman for killing his wife and son.