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
- NOVEMBER 23, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: AJMAL KASAB HANDED DOWN DEATH SENTENCE
Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab was handed down the death sentence for his role in the 26
- NOVEMBER 15, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 10 DRUG DEALERS GET DEATH IN KHOR FAKKAN
a criminal court in Khor Fakkan, UAE, sentenced 10 men to death after they were
- NOVEMBER 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Second Additional District and Session Judge Javed Ahmed Keerio sentenced Miral Mangrio to death for murdering Imdad Ali Mangrio in 2008 in Dadu city in a dispute over a family marriage.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING TWO BROTHERS
in Pakistan, Sialkot Additional District and Sessions Judge Sheikh Sajjad sentenced Jaffar Hussain and Sajjad Butt to death and 13 years imprisonment each, and sentenced Luqman Butt to death.
NOVEMBER 1, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 3 EXECUTED ON ORDERS OF TRIBAL COUNCIL
Two Pakistani soldiers and a woman were publicly executed on the orders of a tribal council in the
- OCTOBER 29, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY
in Arifwala, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Mian Muhammad Khalil Naaz sentenced Bashir Ahmad to death for fatally assaulting Mudassar and Ghulam Murtaza in 2009. Ghulam died in Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, after 12 days.
- OCTOBER 14, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 3 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
an anti-terrorism court in Sargodha, Pakistan, sentenced Umer Hayat, Khizer Hayat and Rifat Hayat to death for abducting and killing Arslan from Khushab on May 29, 2011, for Rs 5m ransom.
- OCTOBER 14, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, an Additional district and sessions judge sentenced Muhammad Ramazan to death for murdering Muhammad Gulfam and wounding his father Aulia Khan on October 27, 2010, over a land dispute.
- OCTOBER 14, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Mailsi, Pakistan, Additional District & Sessions judge Ghulam Dastagir sentenced a man identified as Altaf to death and fined him 0.2 million for murdering Muhammad Waqas Qasim.
- OCTOBER 12, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE
the Lahore High Court in Pakistan set aside the death sentence awarded by a trial court in Hafizabad to Ghulam Abbas, Jahnagir, Kashif Sajjad, and Ilyas for killing advocate Rana Arshad.
- OCTOBER 10, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT STAYS AJMAL KASAB’S DEATH SENTENCE
the Indian Supreme Court stayed the execution of 26/11 terror attack accused and Pakistani national Ajmal Amir Kasab and admitted his appeal against his death penalty.
- OCTOBER 7, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Vehari Additional District and Sessions Judge Perwaiz Ismail Joyia sentenced M Isaac, Sardar Muhammad, Saeed Ahmad, Nazeer ahmad and Asghar Ali to death for murdering Tasleem Bibi, her brothers Sajid and Khalid and her sister Saadia over an o
- OCTOBER 5, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR DOUBLE MURDER
in Lahore, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Arif Hameed Sheikh sentenced Muhammad Siddique to death and ordered him to pay Rs200,000 compensation to the heirs of the victims.
OCTOBER 4, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF AUN RIZVI MURDER CASE CONVICT
justices Jillani, Khosa and Muslim of the Pakistani Supreme Court upheld the death sentence
- OCTOBER 3, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: PETITION FILED AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
lawyer G M Chaudhry filed a petition at the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan challenging the death sentence of Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri for murdering Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer.
- OCTOBER 1, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TO THE GALLOWS
in Pakistan, Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Syed Pervez Ali Shah sentenced Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri to death and fined him Rs 200,000 for the murder of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer on January 4, 2011, for making “blasphemous statements”.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, Rawalpindi Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Iqbal sentenced Shahid Hassan to death and fined him Rs100,000 for burning his wife to death.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry sentenced Shaukat Hussain to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for killing Amjad Hussain Kiani on May 3, 2008.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Iqbal sentenced Rustam Khan to death and fined him Rs100,000 for killing and robbing Yasmeen in her room.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SIALKOT LYNCHING
the Gujranwala anti-terrorism court in Pakistan sentenced seven people to death for lynching of brothers Hafiz Muneeb and Hafiz Mughees in Buttar village, Sialkot, on August 15, 2010.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO TWO FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, the Faisalabad Anti Terrorism Court awarded the death sentence on two counts with 236 years imprisonment to each of the two accused involved in a dacoity-cum-triple-murder case of City Jaranwala Police Station.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER UPHELD
a federal shariat court bench in Lahore, Pakistan, dismissed the appeals of Qaiser Mehmood and Shaban against their death sentences.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: PAKISTANI MAN EXECUTED ON DRUGS CHARGES
China executed by lethal injection Pakistani man Zahid Husain Shah, 35, in Shanghai. He was
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF WIFE, DAUGHTER
in Pakistan, Faisalabad Anti Terrorist Court No 1 judge Raja Muhammad Arshad sentenced Nasir Iqbal to death for setting his wife Sobia and daughter Kashfa, 10, on fire on April 19, 2011, causing their deaths.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
LAHORE HIGH COURT DISMISSES PLEA TO STOP SARABJIT'S POSSIBLE CLEMENCY
in Pakistan, the Lahore high court dismissed the petition filed by Rana Ilamuddin Ghazi contending that the President of Pakistan could not commute the death sentence of Indian national Sarabjit Singh into life imprisonment.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 3 AWARDED DEATH IN KIDNAPPING CASE
Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorist Court No-II Judge Syed Pervez Ali Shah sentenced Muhammad Naeem...
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: PAKISTANI FAMILY APPEALS TO CHINA OVER DEATH SENTENCE
the family of Pakistani national Zahid Hussain appealed to the Chinese authorities to commute his death sentence for drug trafficking to life imprisonment on humanitarian grounds.
AUGUST 25, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Anti Terrorist Court No.1 Judge Raja Muhammad Arshad
AUGUST 24, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Anti Terrorist Court (ATC) judge Mian Muhammad Nazeer sentenced Muhammad
- AUGUST 17, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Muqarab Khan Niazi sentenced Muhammad Aslam