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 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ATC AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO THREE
an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan sentenced Abbad Ali, Fidda Hussain and Zulifqar to death for killing seven people during a robbery near Sheikhupura in 2009.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED
in Sambrial, Pakistan, Additional District & Session Judge Ch. Badarud Din sentenced Muhammad Afzal to death and fined him Rs. 300,000 for killing his wife Irshad Bibi over a domestic dispute in Sherabad in March 2007.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: JUDGEMENT RESERVED ON DEATH CONVICT’S APPEAL
the SHC anti-terrorism bench in Pakistan reserved its judgement on an appeal filed by Tanveer Ahmed over his death sentence for kidnapping and killing Iqra, 8, on February 25, 2007.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING EMPLOYER
in Pakistan, Additional district and session judge (south) Sagheer Ahmed Sheikh sentenced Aurangzeb to death for killing his employer Mohammad Anwar under Defence police station on September 23, 1998
- NOVEMBER 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
in Sialkot, Pakistan, Additional District & Session Judge Sialkot Zafar Iqbal Tarar sentenced Faraz to death and fined him Rs.100,000 for murdering Bashir Ahmad...
- NOVEMBER 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
COURT STAYS PARDON OF PAKISTANI WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Pakistan, the Lahore High Court restrained Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari from granting pardon to Christian woman Aasia Bibi, who was sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH FOR MURDER OF FIVE
in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, Anti-Terrorism Court presiding officer Habibullah Aamir sentenced Muhammad Shafique, Sajjad Husain and Khizar Hayat, alias Khizri...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
a division bench of the Lahore High Court comprising Justices Malik and Haq commuted the death sentence of Punam Khan to life imprisonment.
NOVEMBER 20, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: PRESIDENT ZARDARI STAYS EXECUTION OF ASIA BIBI
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has stayed the execution of Asia Bibi, a Christian
- NOVEMBER 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
a Pakistani court sentenced Asia Bibi, 37, a farm laborer from Ittanwali, Punjab
- NOVEMBER 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE
a division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Pakistan set aside the death sentence and acquitted Muhammad Ishfaq as the prosecution failed to prove its case.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
MILITANTS EXECUTE THREE 'US SPIES' IN PAKISTAN: OFFICIALS
militants publicly executed three local tribesmen aged 25, 28 and 32, in North Waziristan...
- NOVEMBER 5, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, Chunian Additional District and Sessions Judge Ch Muhammad Jamil sentenced Shabbir Ahmed, Nasir Ahmed and Zawar alias Zawari to death for murdering brothers M.Iqbal and M.Tariq during a robbery in Chunian in 2009. They were also fined Rs 100,
- OCTOBER 31, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, First Additional Session Judge of the Hyderabad Districts and Session Court sentenced Jalaluddin and Moinuddin to death for killing Afzal and Musarrat on February 8, 1998, in Latifabad, Hyderabad.
- OCTOBER 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED
in Pakistan, Daska Additional District & Session Judge Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti sentenced Mohsin Nawaz to death and fined him Rs. 200,000 for killing Manzur Ahmad’s son over an old enmity in 2006
- OCTOBER 25, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE ON 2 COUNTS AWARDED
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Anti Terrorist Court Judge Raja Muhammad Arshad sentenced Tanveer Hussain to death for killing Nehal Eman, 3, after abducting her. He was also ordered to pay Rs 4 lakh as compensation and fine.
- OCTOBER 22, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO PAKISTANIS EXECUTED FOR RAPE, THEFT
Pakistanis Kahram Shah Zad and Mohammed Abdulqadeer were executed in Riyadh, Saudi
- OCTOBER 19, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional District & Sessions Judge Manzoor Hussain Dogar sentenced Muhammad Ashfaq to death and fined him Rs 500,000 for gunning down a policeman Muhammad Suleman in 2008 in Phoolnagar.
- OCTOBER 18, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Gilgit District and Session Court judge Khurshid Alam sentenced Darel resident Gandal Shah to death and awarded him one year imprisonment for murdering Noor-ul-Haq...
- OCTOBER 18, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT,RS 100,000 FINE
in Pakistan, Kasur Additional District & Sessions Judge Jawad ul Hassan sentenced Iftikhar Ahmed to death for shooting dead religious scholar Sanaullah in 2003 under B-division police station and fined him Rs 100,000.
- OCTOBER 16, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO KIDNAPPER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Anti Terrorism Court Judge Raja Pervaiz Arshad sentenced Shehbaz, a Chenchal Singh Walar resident, to death for abducting Ali Raza for Rs500,000 ransom under Jaranwala City police station. His property was also confiscated.
- OCTOBER 11, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CONVICTS MOVE SHC AGAINST SENTENCE
Sultan Mahmood, alias Saifullah, Mohammad Amin, alias Khalid Shaheen, and Mohammad Rehman appealed their death sentence to the Sindh High Court in Pakistan for killing noted Shia Cleric Allama Hassan Turabi and his nephew on July 14, 2006.
- OCTOBER 8, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: HRCP URGES ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) called upon the government to take early and meaningful steps toward abolition of the death penalty in the country as well as immediately make the informal moratorium on executions formal in a statement issue
- OCTOBER 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Liaquatpur Additional District & Sessions Judge Masood Hussain sentenced Mohib Shah to death and fined him Rs 0.5million. Zarina Mai, a Mosa Tanwari resident, allegedly killed her husband Hazoor Bux with the help of Mohib Shah in 2008.
- OCTOBER 5, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, additional district and sessions judge Sajjad Hussain Sindhar sentenced Tahir Butt to death and fined him Rs200,000 for murdering Asif Mir.
- OCTOBER 3, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE ON TWO COUNTS
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Muhammad Tahir, alias Chand, was sentenced to death and life imprisonment...
- OCTOBER 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GESTS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN MURDER CASE
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ch.Ghulam...
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed Ali Imran sentenced Tariq Mehmood to death for killing Mazhar Hussain on May 23, 2008, after he divorced the sister of Tariq’s wife.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCE ON THREE COUNTS
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Anti Terrorist Court Judge Raja Muhammad Arshad sentenced Muhammad...
SEPTEMBER 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: EIGHT AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, Administrative Judge Raja Shah Baz Khan of the Gilgit-Baltistan