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
- OCTOBER 2, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Session Judge Mian Anwar Nazeer awarded the death sentence to Zahid and fined him Rs 100,000. Zahid, a Chak resident, allegedly killed Parveen over a minor dispute on July 4, 2009. His sister Kausar Bibi was acquitted.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
in Arifwala, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mian khadim Hussain awarded the death sentence to Imran, alias Mani, as well as fining him Rs 100,000.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Timmar Hayat Gondal sentenced Muhammad Anwar to death for murder and fined him Rs 100,000.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SIX CONVICTED
in Gujranwala, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Ameer Muhammad Khan awarded capital punishment to six accused of murder.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO ACCUSED INVOLVED IN MURDER CASE CONVICTED
in Khushab, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Joharabad awarded the death sentence to Muhammad Hussain and Adalat Khan for murder.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH ROW PRISONERS REJECT PRISONS DEPT FEARS
prisoners still to be transferred from death row to the normal barracks after a notification of the Punjab Home Department in Pakistan rejected the jail administration’s claims that this would create a law and order risk.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH PENALTY IN MURDER CASE
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Aqil Hussain Chohan awarded the death sentence and a fine of Rs 200,000 to Abdur Rehman, alias Kali.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: PROPOSAL TO END DEATH SENTENCE NOT TO COVER TERRORISTS
Pakistan said terrorists sentenced to death will not be pardoned if capital punishment is abolished in the country.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: PRESIDENT SEEKS RECOMMENDATIONS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari wants to replace capital punishment with 24 to 30 years of imprisonment.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Anwar Nazeer sentenced two men to death
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Riffat Sultan...
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Riffat Sultan...
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: EXECUTIONS CONTINUE BLOODSHED IN SWAT
local journalists in Pakistan's Swat valley said that 230 bodies have been found in the valley since 13 July, the day refugees began to stream back to their homes in the war-torn region.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH CONVICT NOOR MUHAMMAD FILES APPEAL
Noor Muhammad, one of two men sentenced to death by the Anti Terrorism Court...
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE
the Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) No I in Pakistan awarded the death sentence and 33 years
- AUGUST 31, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING JUDGE
Administrative Judge Raja Shehbaz Khan of the Anti Terrorist Court in Gilgit, Pakistan...
AUGUST 31, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 2 COPS AWARDED DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING GIRL
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) has awarded death sentence to two traffic policemen for raping and killing a
AUGUST 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY AWARDED FOR MURDER
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Ajmal Hussain awarded the death
- AUGUST 18, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING A WOMAN OVER KARI ALLEGATIONS
the court of Second Sessions Judge Aijaz Ali Khaskheli sentenced two brothers to death for killing a woman over fake allegations of Kari or casuing the family disgrace.
- AUGUST 6, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER RAPE CASE
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District & Sessions Judge Ghulam Rasool Ch. awarded the death sentence to Mohammad Akram for raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl in 2008 in the jurisdiction of Tarkhanwala police station
- AUGUST 5, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
Sadi Ahmad, a resident of Chak, and Mahboob Shah were sentenced to death by the Anti Terrorism Court in Faisalabad, Pakistan, for a murder committed under the Sadar Police Station on August 1, 2007.
- AUGUST 2, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT TO REVIEW MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE
the Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is again reviewing the case of a Pakistani on death row for killing a young Emirati woman in Sharjah.
- JULY 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN MILITIA PUBLICLY EXECUTES 'KIDNAPPERS'
a Pakistani Islamist militia executed four men by firing squad in Bara, in Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal district of Khyber, after pronouncing them guilty of kidnapping and murder at a self-styled Islamic court
- JULY 27, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sindhar sentenced Naveed to death for killing New Murree resident Ejaz Ahmed.
- JULY 25, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Manzoor Hussain...
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Manzoor Hussain...
- JULY 24, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Shahid Mahmood handed down the death sentence to Sajjad Farooq in a murder case under Pattoki city police station.
- JULY 24, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ch Muhammad Shafiq awarded the death sentence along with a fine of Rs 100,000 to Saleem, alias Shankar Masih, in a murder case under Raiwind Police Station.
- JULY 23, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
Additional district and session judge Muhammad Ajmal Hussain awarded capital punishment and a fine of Rs 100,000 to an accused involved in a murder case in Kotli Rai Abu Bakar village, Pakistan. Nisar Ahmed allegedly shot dead Shaoukat Ali of same village
- JULY 22, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SARABJIT SINGH FILES FRESH APPLICATION IN SUPREME COURT
a fresh application has been filed before the Pakistan Supreme Court seeking review of its decision to dismiss the Indian death row inmate Sarabjit Singh's petition challenging his death penalty.
- JULY 21, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahrukh Tarar awarded the death sentence to Haji Iftikhar and fined him Rs50,000.
- JULY 17, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Raja Pervaiz Akhter sentenced Muhammad...