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.
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- NOVEMBER 21, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Ghaffar Jalil sentenced Faisal Abbas to death for
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Ayub Marth sentenced Mohammad Shahid and Mohammad Amin to death and fined them Rs 600,000 each.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FIVE CONVICTED FOR MURDER
in Bahawalnagar, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Ch. Nazir Ahmad sentenced five people to death for a dacoity-cum-murder case under Donga Bonga police station.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Manzoor Hussain Dogar awarded the death sentence and a fine of Rs 500,000 each to Shaukat Ali and Sher Ali.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH IN RAPE, MURDER CASE
Judge Rauf Ahmed Sheikh of the District Sessions Court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, awarded two death sentences to Ghulam Murtaza for kidnapping, raping and murdering Riffat Zahid and her son Danish Farooq in the limits of Gujar Khan Police Station.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO CONVICTED OF DOUBLE MURDER
in Khushab, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Khushab Manzoor Ahmad Mirza sentenced Arshad Mehmood and Noor Ahmad tp death and fined them Rs 150,000 and Rs 100,000 respectively.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ADSJ AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO TWO ACCUSED
in Jhang, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Javed-Ul-Hassan Chisti awarded the death sentence and a fine of Rs one lakh each to Jamshed and Rab Nawaz for murdering Sajjada Nashin in 2006
- NOVEMBER 7, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional district & sessions Judge Tamar Hayat Gondal sentenced Muhammad Akhtar to death and fined him Rs 200,000.
- OCTOBER 31, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Ali Raza Awan awarded the death sentence to Shamshad and fined him Rs 200,000.
- OCTOBER 31, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Pakistan, Liaqatpur Additional Session Judge Ch Abdul Khaliq sentenced Abid Hussain to death for killing Shabbir of Miani Achha and fined him Rs 200,000
- OCTOBER 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: KARACHI BOMBING ACCUSED ACQUITTED
in Pakistan, Judge Abdul Ghafoor Memon acquitted Mohammad Sohail of the June 2002 Sheraton hotel bombing due to "a lack of evidence" according to defence lawyer Ovais Jamal.
- OCTOBER 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Naveed Iqbal sentenced Sharafat of Chukhian village to death for killing Noor Muhammad over a minor issue.
- OCTOBER 29, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sindhar awarded the death sentence to Qadeer Ahmed, Sagheer Ahmed and their father Jalal Khan.
- OCTOBER 28, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Chunian, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Jamil Ahmad Chaudhry sentenced Muhammad Ashiq to death for murder and fined him Rs 100,000.
- OCTOBER 28, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the Supreme Court in Khanewal, Pakistan...
- OCTOBER 27, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Tanveer Akbar sentenced Pervaiz Ahmed to death for killing his sister-in-law Musarat Shaheen over a land dispute in the limits of Kalar Syedan Police Station on June 8, 2005.
- OCTOBER 27, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Khushab, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Mirza Manzoor Ahmed awarded the death penalty with a Rs 100,000 fine to Umar Farooq of Payl village.
- OCTOBER 26, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District & Sessions Judge Muhammad Ajmal Hussain sentenced Irfan Ahmad to death and fined him Rs 50,000.
- OCTOBER 22, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY
the Gujranwala District and Sessions Court in Pakistan sentenced two men to death in different murder cases.
- OCTOBER 18, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Lala Musa, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions Judge Kharian sentenced Mohammad Yusuf to death for murder and fined him Rs 2 million.
- OCTOBER 13, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 228 WAITING FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN SINDH JAILS
in Pakistan, Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza stated before the Sindh Assembly that as many as 228 prisoners including a woman are waiting for capital punishment in jails across province, Geo news reported
- OCTOBER 13, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONVERSION OF DEATH SENTENCE INTO LIFE TERM
the Pakistani Federal Government asked the provinces to consider their recommendations for the conversion of the death penalty into a life term, Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro said in the Sindh Assembly.
- OCTOBER 12, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Multan, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Qasim sentenced Saud Ahmed to death for killing his wife over a domestic issue on February 16, 2007, in the Mumtazabad area.
- OCTOBER 7, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF CONVICT
a divisional bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, confirmed the death sentence of Muhammad Nawaz for killing his two sons, two daughters, a son-in-law and his wife in year 2000.
OCTOBER 6, 2009YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST PAKISTANI UPHELD
the Sana'a Appeal Court in Yemen upheld a death sentence against a Pakistani and jailed five others for 25
- OCTOBER 5, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
in Bahawalnagar, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Ch. Nazir Ahmed awarded the death sentence and a Rs 200,000 fine to Khizar Hayat.
- OCTOBER 4, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO CONVICTED OF KILLING BOY
in Gujranwala, Pakistan, an anti-terrorism court awarded the death sentence to Tasaduq Ijaz and Saleem.
- OCTOBER 4, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Gujranwala, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Nazir Ahmad awarded the death sentence and a Rs 100,000 fine to an accused involved an murder case filed under Sadder police station
- OCTOBER 4, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Gujranwala, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ch.Muhammad Ilyas awarded capital punishment and a Rs 50,000 fine to Tariq, alias Gogi
OCTOBER 3, 2009YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: TWO PAKISTANIS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
a Yemeni court sentenced two Pakistani fishermen to death and jailed two others for 25 years after