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
- JULY 5, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
an Anti Terrorism Court awarded death sentences...
an Anti Terrorism Court awarded death sentences...
JULY 3, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: STAY OF EXECUTION
ADPAN (Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network) welcomes the news that
JULY 2, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: GB DY SPEAKER MURDER ATC AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO FIVE
In Pakistan, an anti terrorism court awarded death sentence to five accused in the murder
- JUNE 28, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the district and sessions court Khairpur awarded death penalty...
the district and sessions court Khairpur awarded death penalty...
- JUNE 20, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
in Pakistan, Anti-Terrorism Court No 2 Multan
in Pakistan, Anti-Terrorism Court No 2 Multan
- JUNE 20, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE, 112-YR JAIL TERM FOR CONVICT
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court gave the death sentence and a 112-year prison term to a man
- JUNE 7, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of drug trafficking, the second execution
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of drug trafficking, the second execution
JUNE 6, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN INVESTIGATES WHETHER WOMEN KILLED FOR CLAPPING
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered police and government officials to fly to a mountain
- JUNE 1, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
A court in Pakistan awarded a death sentence to a man for murder. Additional District and
- MAY 28, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH DECREE OVER WEDDING VIDEO
Four women and two men have been sentenced to death in northern Pakistan for singing
MAY 20, 2012PakistanDEATH 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 PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 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, 2012PakistanDEATH 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 PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 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 PENALTYUAE: 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