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
- MARCH 21, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
in Pakpattan, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Rana Abdur Rashid sentenced Ejaz Ahmad to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for killing a girl at Mohalla Eid Gah about one-and-half years ago.
- MARCH 17, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SC REJECTS REVIEW PLEA, UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY IN MURDER CASE
Pakistani Supreme Court Chief Justice Chaudhry upheld the death sentences of eight people including Ayyar Jujji, Suleman, Abdul Rahim, Muhammad Sarwar, Muhammad Yahya, Nawaz alias Nikki, Muhammad Younus and Pervez Iqbal. They were sentenced by a court in
- MARCH 16, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
an additional district and sessions judge in Peshawar...
- MARCH 10, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCE IN COP KILLING CASE
in Karachi, Pakistan, Judge Syed Hasan Shah Bukhari of the Anti Terrorism Court sentenced Kamran, Farhan Chota and Farhan Hashmi to death for killing Head Constable Ghulam Ghaus on October 13, 2006 in Shah Latif Town.
- MARCH 9, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY ON THREE COUNTS
in Pakpattan, Pakistan, a District and Session judge sentenced Mumtaz Ali to death on three counts for murdering his wife, sister-in-law and a cousin in chak Dedar Singh.
- MARCH 5, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MEN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCES IN SEPARATE MURDER CASES
in Pakpattan, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge sentenced Gul Hassan and Khalid to death and fined them Rs 1,00,000 each for fatally shooting a man during an attempted robbery near Chak no 36.
- MARCH 2, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN MURDER CASE
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional district & session judge Jazeela Aslam sentenced Safarash Ali to death for fatally shooting Shahzad Ali about two years back in the jurisdiction of Khaddian police station.
- MARCH 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Pakpattan, Pakistan, an Additional District and Sessions Judge sentenced Sher Muhammad to death for fatally stabbing Muhammad Sadiq and Abdul Majeed of Mazafarabad in 2006.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICEMEN
in Karachi, Pakistan, Judge Syed Hasan Shah Bukhari of the Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced Kamran and Farhan to death for killing two policemen, identified as Ishaque and Moharam Ali, on October 12, 2006, in the limits of the Shah Latif Town police station
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LI HOLDS PUBLIC EXECUTION OF TRIBESMAN
in the Tirah Valley of the Khyber Agency in Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Islam publicly...
- FEBRUARY 26, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Tandlianwala, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhery Tariq Javed sentenced...
- FEBRUARY 25, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, a division bench of the Lahore High Court upheld the death sentence of Sarfraz, Nadeem and two others.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
in Mianwali, Pakistan, District & Session Judge Sardar Ahmed Nasim sentenced Nadeem Ramzan to death for murdering his relative Kausar Bibi in mohalla Miana Mianwali about four months back. Ramzan was also ordered to pay Rs 200,000 to the victim’s heirs.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Tanvir Akbar sentenced...
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ATC AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Anti Terrorist Court Special Judge Anwer Nazir sentenced Rab Nawaz to death for shooting dead Hassan Jamal and Muhammad Ramzan over a minor dispute at Mitha Tiwana in 2007.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH, LIFE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
in Gojra, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed Muzaffar Shah sentenced...
- FEBRUARY 17, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: GOVT MULLING ENDING DEATH SENTENCE: MALIK
Pakistani Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced during question hour in the National Assembly that the government was actively considering ending the death sentence, except regarding the most heinous crimes.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED FOR MURDER
in Hafizabad, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge...
- FEBRUARY 11, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SIALKOT: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED
in Sialkot, Pakistan, Additional District & Session Judge Muhammad Sheraz Kiyani awarded the death sentence and a fine of Rs.200, 000 each to Zafar Iqbal, Shams, Muhammad Arshad and Amjad. They allegedly murdered five people over a marriage dispute during
- FEBRUARY 10, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: FIVE FACE FIRING SQUAD IN RAK FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, the Criminal Court sentenced five people to death for drug possession and trafficking through the Oman-Ras Al Khaimah border.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Pervez Akhtar awarded the death sentence and a Rs200,000 fine each to Ghulam Raza and Muhammad Razzaq.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Pervez...
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Pervez...
- FEBRUARY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ATC HANDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR ARIF BHINDAR’S MURDER
judge Rana Yousaf Dar of the anti terrorism court in Lahore, Pakistan, awarded the death sentence to Malik Nawaz, Malik Noor, Zahid and Usman for murder.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Shafqat Ali sentenced Muhammad Akbar to death for killing Abdul Aziz and Aziza Begum on January 18, 1999, in Chauntra.
- JANUARY 27, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO FOUR KILLERS ON FIVE COUNTS
in Multan, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Mohammad Qasim sentenced four men to death on five counts and fined them Rs 200,000 each.
- JANUARY 27, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Ali Raza Awan sentenced Sikandar Hayat to death and fined him Rs 200,000.
- JANUARY 25, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH IN MURDER CASE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Malik Sajid Ali Awan sentenced Azhar Hussain to death for killing Rameez Ishaq on March 17, 2007.
- JANUARY 23, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO DACOIT
in Pakistan, Anti Terrorist Court Judge Raja Muhammad Arshad sentenced Elahi Bux to death and ordered him to pay Rs.1 million compensation to the legal heirs of the deceased.
- JANUARY 19, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Shafqat Ali sentenced Muhammad Riaz and Zahir Hussain to death for the murder of Muhammad Jahangir and Liaquat Hussain on August 10, 2004.
- JANUARY 17, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CONDEMNED PRISONER TO BE HANGED ON JAN 27
Allah Ditta will be executed on January 27 at Central Jail Bahawalpur, Pakistan.