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 13, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED IN KIDNAPPING, MURDER CASE
the Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi, Pakistan, sentenced Muhsin Raza to death for kidnapping Sohrab Khan from the airport area Karachi for ransom on June 21, 2008, and killing him.
- JANUARY 13, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH FOR WIFE’S MURDER
in Lahore, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Malik Muhammad Rafiq sentenced Mazhar Iqbal to death for murdering his wife Bushra Iqbal over a domestic issue in Manawan in 2007.
- JANUARY 13, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED IN KIDNAPPING, MURDER CASE
the Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi, Pakistan, sentenced Muhsin Raza to death for kidnapping Sohrab Khan from the airport area Karachi for ransom on June 21, 2008, and killing him.
- JANUARY 13, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Anti Terrorism Court Judge Khalid Naveed Dar awarded the death sentence on two counts to a murder accused.
- JANUARY 11, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Kasur, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Javed Rasheed sentenced Saif Ali to death for murder.
- JANUARY 11, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
in Gujranwala, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Suhail Nasir sentenced Shahid Naveed to death and fined him Rs 100,000.
- JANUARY 8, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a trial of first instance in Pakistan sentenced a chauffeur
a trial of first instance in Pakistan sentenced a chauffeur
- JANUARY 5, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Pervez Akhtar awarded the death sentence to Abdul Mustafa for his involvement in a murder case.
- JANUARY 4, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: PAKISTANI CARRIER TO DIE FOR DRUGS
the Criminal Court in Kuwait sentenced an unidentified Pakistani man to capital punishment for smuggling heroin into the country.
- JANUARY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes...
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes...
- DECEMBER 24, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sundhar awarded the death sentence to Muhammad Jamil and fined him Rs100,000.
- DECEMBER 23, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Mohsan Raza Khan awarded capital punishment and a fine to Ijaz for killing Abdul Wahid of Shahpur over a trivial issue on April 5, 2009.
- DECEMBER 22, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COURT CONVICTS TWO FOR KILLING 12 PEOPLE
in Multan, Pakistan, Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) No 1 judge Sarwar Saleemullah sentenced Ghulam Abbas to death and 30 years in prison and sentenced Muhammad Ajmal to death and 15 years imprisonment.
- DECEMBER 21, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
an Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan awarded the death sentence to an accused of kidnapping and confiscated his property.
- DECEMBER 19, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COURTS CONVICT THREE OF MURDER IN SEPARATE CASES
three different Additional District and Sessions courts in Kasur, Pakistan, handed down death sentences along with Rs 100,000 fines to three convicts in separate cases.
- DECEMBER 19, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH FOR MURDER OF COP
the Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) No 1 in Pakistan awarded capital punishment to Eid Muhammad and Muhammad Younis for murdering former policeman Raja Saqlain in July 2004.
- DECEMBER 18, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING WIFE, DAUGHTER
in Allahabad, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Shyamlal, sentenced Ram Samujh Yadav, a resident of Kharnayeepur village in Baharia police station area of the district, to death.
- DECEMBER 18, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Khushab, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Manzoor Ahmed Mirza sentenced Muhammad Hayat to death and fined him Rs 100,000.
- DECEMBER 17, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: BLACK WARRANTS FOR CONDEMNED PRISONER ISSUED
in Mianwali, Pakistan, District and Sessions judge Sargodha issued a black warrant for Sultan Ahmed, who is being held in Mianwali Central jail.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakpattan, Pakistan, a District and Sessions Judge sentenced a man identified as Sarfaraz to death for shooting his wife Yasmeen dead in January 2008 over domestic issues.
- DECEMBER 11, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE AWARDED DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
a Special Anti-Terrorism court in Pakistan awarded the death sentence on four counts to Aftab, Nawaz, and Faisal for kidnapping Iqbal Hussain and later releasing him for Rs 15 million ransom.
- DECEMBER 8, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge, Nisar Baig awarded capital punishment to Mudassar for killing Mazhar Baloch in the limits of Sadr police station over an old enmity in 2007.
- DECEMBER 5, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Jazeela Aslam sentenced two people to death.
- DECEMBER 3, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED FOR KILLING BROTHER
in Gujranwala, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Asghar Ali Khan sentenced Iftikhar to death and ordered him to pay Rs 200,000 compensation.
- DECEMBER 2, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Shafqat Ali awarded capital punishment to Muhammad Aslam and fined him Rs 100,000.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Upper Dir, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Jehanzeb Shinwari sentenced Dosham Khan to death.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Malik Falk Sher sentenced Umer Farooq, alias Mithu, to death for killing a young man, Shahzad, over a minor dispute in Baragarh village.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Abdul Rehman Awan awarded the death sentence to Mukhtar Ahmed for killing Zafar Mehmood on November 24, 2004, with three other men.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in Manshera, Pakistan, Additional and Sessions Judge Kamal Shah awarded capital punishment to Mohammad Iftikhar and Gulfam for killing Amir Shazad, 18, in January 2004.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE MEN SPARED DEATH PENALTY, GET LIFE TERM
in Karachi, Pakistan, a full bench of the Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of three men to life imprisonment.