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 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Jameel Ahmed Ch sentenced Muhammad Ashraf and Nasir Mehmood to death and fined them rupees one lakh each for murdering taxi driver Waheed Ahmed by electrocution
- FEBRUARY 11, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH FOR THREE IN RAPE, MURDER
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sardar Tahir sentenced Khalid, Khurrum and Khushbakht to death for the murder and rape of a seven-year-old girl, Asia, in Saidpur in 2006. The court also sentenced them to life imprisonment and fined the
- FEBRUARY 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Bahawalpur Anti-terrorist Court judge Rana Muhammad Yousaf sentenced an unidentified man to death and fined him two and a half lakh for killing a police constable during an encounter.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: GILANI REJECTS PROPOSAL TO AMEND BLASPHEMY LAW
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani approved a recommendation to reject official proposals to amend Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law and to pardon a Christian woman sentenced to death for allegedly insulting Prophet Mohammed.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FIVE AWARDED DEATH SENTENCES
in Pakistan, Faisalabad Anti-Terrorist Court Judge Ch. Munir Ahmed sentenced Shakeel, Qasim, Javed Iqbal, Nasir Ali and Umer Hayat to death for kidnapping Qaiser...
- FEBRUARY 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH PENALTY ON THREE COUNT
in Sargodha, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Syed Hamid Hussain Shah sentenced Muhammad Farooq to death and fined him Rs 300,000 for murdering his wife and two daughters, Iqra ,4, and Insa, 5, about three years ago under Settlite Town police station
- FEBRUARY 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH UNDER BLASPHEMY LAW IN PAKISTAN
Muhammad Rafiq was sentenced to death by Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Riaz Ahmed in Bahawalpur city, Pakistan, for committing blasphemy.
FEBRUARY 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Rawalpindi Anti Terrorist Court Judge Mohammad Akram Awan sentenced Barkat
- FEBRUARY 2, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
a man named Rafiq was sentenced to death by an additional session judge in Pakistan
- FEBRUARY 1, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: BLOOD MONEY PAID IN SHARJAH COURT
eight Indians and two Pakistanis facing the death sentence in a murder case in the United Arab Emirates got a major reprieve as a Sharjah Sharia Court authorised the payment of blood money.
- 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 PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 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.