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
- JULY 11, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH, FINE FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ch Muhammad Javed sentenced Rab Nawaz to death for killing Ahmad Khan over a water dispute some time ago.
- JULY 6, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: JIRGA AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO COUPLE
a jirga in Pakistan’s Torghar district, formerly known as Kala Dhaka, sentenced a couple to death for allegedly having illicit relations. Tribesman Zarkat, and a woman, a mother of three, might be stoned to death if verdict of the jirga is implemented.
- JULY 4, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Pasrur, Pakistan, Additional District & Sessions Judge Ali Dastgeer Syed sentenced Jawad Ahmad and Anas Ahmad to death and fined them Rs 200,000 each for killing a youth Asif over an old land dispute in Galleywali-Pasrur village a few years ago
- JULY 2, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO 3 FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Azhar Abbas, Muhammad Nawaz and Muhammad Sarwar of Haveli Bahadar Shah, Jhang, were sentenced to death for shooting dead Tasawar Abbas and Taj at Head Trimu to avenge an enmity on August 14, 2006.
- JULY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR GET DEATH FOR MURDER
in Larkana, Pakistan, a Qambar-Shahdadkot district and session judge sentenced Akhtiar Ali Sanghro, Zulfikar Ali Sanghro, Mohammed Sharif Sanghro and Gulzar Ali Sanghro to death for murdering Abdul Hameed Sanghro.
- JULY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 3 AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sundhar sentenced Waqas Kiani, Qaiser Mehmood and Sajjad Ahmed to death for murdering Malik Ghulam Khan under Westridge Police Station in 2006.
- JULY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, an Additional District and Sessions Judge sentenced Qamar resident Ghulam Muhammad Abad to death for murdering his cousin Rabia Majeed over a marriage dispute in 2008.
- JULY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH AWARDED IN MURDER CASE
in Chakwal, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sohail Ikram sentenced Nobahar to death for killing his relative Khurshid Begum over land.
- JULY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
in Khanpur, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Malik Munir Ahmed Joya
in Khanpur, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Malik Munir Ahmed Joya
- JUNE 30, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: CONVICT ON DEATH ROW OVER TWIN MURDER WITH CRICKET BAT
in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah Appeals Court upheld the death sentence
- JUNE 30, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the Multan Anti Terrorism court in Pakistan sentenced Rashid Taqi...
the Multan Anti Terrorism court in Pakistan sentenced Rashid Taqi...
- JUNE 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH FOR TRIPLE MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Shabbir Hussain Awan sentenced Abdul Rehman, Nazim Khan and Saeed Khan to death for murdering Azhar, Saifullah and Atta Muhammad over an old enmity on March 31, 2008, under Jhal Chakian police
- JUNE 26, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: TWO PAKISTANIS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Pakistani nationals Salim Dawod Abdulrahim and Imam Bakhsh Eyepub Yakoub were sentenced to death by a Yemeni court for smuggling 1,695 kg of hashish into Yemen through its coastal territories, official Saba news agency cited the court's verdict as saying.
- JUNE 23, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO CONVICTED OF CAPITAL OFFENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahrukh...
JUNE 18, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Anti-Terrorist Court Judge Raja Muhammad Arshad
JUNE 18, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Anti-Terrorist Court Special Judge Mian Anwar Nazir sentenced
- JUNE 16, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: POLICE CONSTABLE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
Judge Raja Muhammad Arshad of the Faisalabad Anti Terrorist Court in Pakistan sentenced police constable Nasir Abbas to death.
- JUNE 16, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TALIBAN CARRY OUT ANOTHER PUBLIC EXECUTION
in Datta Khel area in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, the Taliban shot dead local resident Waheed Khan, 28, before a crowd of 200 people for allegedly killing a tribesman on June 12.
- JUNE 11, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Swabi, Pakistan, additional district and sessions judge Chota Lahor tehsil sentenced Liaq Mohammad, of Jalsai village, to death for killing five members of a family on March 1, 2007.
- JUNE 10, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Session judge Sarfraz Akhtar sentenced Mughal Pura resident Bilal Haidar to death for killing 10-year-old Aqsa after raping her on September 29, 2009, under Mansoorabad police station. He was also directed to pay Rs.1 l
- JUNE 8, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: FIVE FOREIGNERS SENTENCED TO DEATH ON DRUGS CHARGES
in the United Arab Emirates, an Abu Dhabi court sentenced five foreigners to death in two separate
- JUNE 8, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING CHILD
in Lahore, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Muhammad Rafique sentenced Chuhang resident Ghulam Hussain to death for killing a six-year old boy, Ali, after sodomising him in 2007.
JUNE 8, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TALIBAN STAGE PUBLIC EXECUTION IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN
the Pakistani Taliban staged a public execution in North Waziristan after an Islamic court convicted the
- JUNE 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDER
in Muridke, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Younis Aziz sentenced Saleem to death for strangling Zohaib Azam, 3, of Nain Sukh, after sodomising him in 2007.
- JUNE 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN RAPE AND MURDER CASE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, an Additional District and Sessions judge sentenced Naseer Ahmed to death and fined him Rs300,000 for raping and murdering three-year-old boy Aroon Khalid on November 10, 2009.
- JUNE 4, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KASAB FILES APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
Pakistani Ajmal Kasab challenged his death sentence for killing 166 people in a terrorist attack on Mumbai in the Bombay High Court.
- JUNE 4, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Manzoor Hussain Dogar sentenced Shehzad to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for killing his wife on November 28, 2008.
JUNE 3, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ZARDARI SIGNS CONVENTIONS ON CIVIL RIGHTS, TORTURE
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has signed the instrument of ratification for the International
- JUNE 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Anjum Raza Syed sentenced Sabir...
- JUNE 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 1 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pak Pattan, Pakistan, Additional Session Judge Arifwala sentenced Salim to death for murdering Ghulam Farid and injuring his brother Hanif in the case registered by the Qabula Police.