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.
Latest news
- 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
- 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