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.
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FEBRUARY 10, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUNITED 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.
- 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, 2010PakistanDEATH 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.