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
- JANUARY 31, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan sentenced Mushtaq, alias Billa, of Chak No.157-RB, to death for shooting dead Mehmood Aalam of the same locality over litigation some time ago.
- JANUARY 30, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ACCUSED GETS 69-TIME DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Anti-Terrorist Court No-II Judge Raja Ikhlaq Hussain sentenced Hameedullah Khan to death 69 times, life imprisonment as well, and fined him Rs21.8 million for two suicide bomb blasts at the outer gates of the Pakistan Ordnance Fac
- JANUARY 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TRIPLE MURDER ACCUSED AWARDED DEATH
the Anti-Terrorism Court in Sargodha, Pakistan, sentenced Fateh Sher to death and 17 years imprisonment for killing his sister Safia Bibi, her daughter Shaheen Kausar and her son Wali due to a marriage dispute on May 18, 2008.
- JANUARY 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO TWO
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Anti Terrorism Court-II Judge Chaudhary Muneer Ahmad sentenced Basharat Shah and Muneer Ahmad to death and fined them Rs 300,000 each ordered them to pay Rs 600,000 compensation. They allegedly shot dead Hajji Muhammad Asghar and
- JANUARY 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GIVEN DEATH IN MURDER CASE
inside the judicial complex of Karachi central prison in Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge (south) Sagheer Ahmed Sheikh sentenced Aslam Jogi to death for killing Junaid-ur-Rahman under Kalakot police station on October 5, 2003. The court al
- JANUARY 26, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC UPHOLD DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
a Rawalpindi Division Bench of the Lahore High Court in Pakistan, comprising Justice Rauf Sheikh and Rashid Sheikh upheld the death sentence of Dhok Charagh Din resident Zeshan, alias Shani, for murdering Walid, 10, for ransom under the Sadiqabad police s
- JANUARY 25, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH FOR MURDER
an Anti Terrorism Court in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, sentenced Zafar Hussain to death for killing his two wives Rukhsana and Jameela and four children in Khanpur tehsil of Rahimyar Khan district in 2009 over a domestic dispute.
- JANUARY 22, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR GET DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING CHILD
in Pakistan, Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Anand Ram Hotwani sentenced Arz Mohammad...
- JANUARY 22, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN, DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, an additional district and sessions judge sentenced Kosar Ali to death for killing his relative Nauman Sattar over a family feud in the area of Airport police in January 2010. He was also fined Rs100, 000.
- JANUARY 17, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC RESERVES ORDER ON KASAB’S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
the Bombay high court reserved its order on the appeal filed by Pakistani Ajmal Amir Kasab against the death sentence awarded to him for his role in the terror attacks.
- JANUARY 14, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SHC ACQUITS MAN IN SECTARIAN KILLING CASE
the Sindh High Court in Pakistan, headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmed, set aside the death sentence of Mohammad Talha because the prosecution failed to prove the charges.
- JANUARY 11, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: HRCP FOR STAYING EXECUTION
the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) noted with concern the issuance of death warrants for a man in Sukkur jail and demanded withdrawal of the order.
- JANUARY 11, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Anti-terrorism court judge Raja Arshad sentenced...
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Anti-terrorism court judge Raja Arshad sentenced...
JANUARY 11, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FIVE AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Shakargarh Additional District & Session Judge Nadeem Gulzar sentenced
- JANUARY 5, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 104 GET DEATH IN 2010
trial courts in Pakistan's Rawalpindi district handed down death sentence to 104 people in 2010, compared to 53 in 2009, data obtained from the district courts revealed.
- JANUARY 3, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
TALIBAN BEHEAD MILITANT FOR ‘SPYING’ FOR GOVERNMENT IN PAKISTAN
Taliban fighters beheaded fellow militant Gulbat Khan for spying for the government in the Ismail Zai area in the lawless Orakzai tribal region in northest Pakistan.
- JANUARY 1, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes...
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes...
- JANUARY 1, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH BY JIRGA
the Sukkur Circuit Bench of the Sindh High Court in Pakistan ordered the Ghotki police to register an FIR against the people who conducted a Jirga, which sentenced a couple, Jeeja Sheikh and Shaukat Sheikh, to death after declaring them Karo and Kari.
- DECEMBER 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DOUBLE DEATH FOR RAPE OF MINOR GIRL
Anti-Terrorism Court judge Syed Hasan Shah Bukhari sentenced Sher Khan to death and fined him Rs 200,000 and ordered him to pay Rs 100,000 compensation for kidnapping five-year-old girl
- DECEMBER 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 961 SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Punjab Prosecution Department in Pakistan claimed that 961 people were sentenced to death in 2010.
- DECEMBER 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Khushab, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Muhammad Ittefaq Abbasi sentenced Muhammad Iqbal to death for murdering Rizwana Shaheen...
- DECEMBER 26, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE IN GIRL’S RAPE-MURDER CASE UPHELD
Justices Ahmed and Baloch of the Sindh High Court in Pakistan dismissed the appeal of Tanveer Ahmed against his death sentence by an Anti Terrorism Court for kidnapping his eight-year-old niece Iqra and later killing her in May, 2007.
- DECEMBER 25, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN MURDER CASE
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Bhulwal...
- DECEMBER 18, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
in Khanpur, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge sentenced Mukhtar Ahmed of Chak 199/9-R to death and fined him Rs 500,000 for shooting dead Sharifan over a matrimonial issue a couple of years ago.
- DECEMBER 18, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE CONVICTED IN TWO MURDER CASES
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District & Sessions judge Ch Nazir Ahmed...
- DECEMBER 16, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Pakistan, Pindigheb Additional district and sessions judge Jahangir Mir sentenced Liaqut Ali Khan, Faisal Mehmood and Liaqut Mehmood, residents of Langrial village to death and fined them Rs100,000 each.
- DECEMBER 6, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhary Aurangzeb sentenced Syed Umar Khalid to death and fined him Rs400,000 for killing his cousin Nida Hussain.
- DECEMBER 3, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ATC AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE TO TWO
in Sialkot, Pakistan, the Anti Terrorism Court sentenced Qasim Ali and Muhammad Nawaz to death for killing assistant sub inspector Nisar Ahmad and injuring constable Jamil during an encounter with Raiya police in village Geegeywali-Narowal on May 22, 2010
- DECEMBER 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CONVICT AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, Sialkot District & Session Judge Tariq Iftikhar Ahmed sentenced Khalid Pervaiz to death for killing Zubair Ahmed in Sialkot Kutchery over an old enmity on January 2, 2010.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LARKANA SPO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Larkana, Pakistan, 7th Additional Session Judge Fida Hussain Mughal...