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
- MAY 2, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: PAK DEATH ROW PRISONER SEEKS HELP FROM BILAWAL
the legal team for a Pakistani death row prisoner wrote an open letter to ruling PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, asking him to help commute the death sentence into life imprisonment.
- APRIL 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SON AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE, FATHER ACQUITTED
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mustafa Tanvir Safwat awarded the death sentence to a murder accused and imposed a fine of Rs100,000. Muhammad Ikhlaq, his father Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Ashfaq, Muhammad Zulfiqar and Muhamma
- APRIL 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
an anti-terrorism court in Karachi, Pakistan, handed down the death sentence to two for kidnapping and killing a boy for ransom.
- APRIL 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE OF 3 CONVICTS COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
in Pakistan, a bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) comprising Chief Justice Muhammad Bilal Khan and Justice Muhammad Ramzan Chaudhry commuted the death sentence of three convicts in a narcotics case into life imprisonment.
- APRIL 28, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Abdul Haq awarded death sentence to a man and life imprisonment to a woman for the murder of woman’s husband.
- APRIL 21, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
TALIBAN EXECUTES TWO CHRISTIANS IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN
International Christian Concern (ICC) learned that the Taliban in Pakistan executed two residents after Christians held a rally protesting graffiti ordering them to convert to Islam or die.
- APRIL 18, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE REDUCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
a division bench of the Lahore High Court in Pakistan, consisting of Justice Tariq Shamim and Justice Saifur Rehman, reduced the death sentence of three robbers, including two women, to life imprisonment.
- APRIL 16, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING THEIR FATHER
two brothers in Sindh, Pakistan, were condemned to death. Malik Dino and Muhammad Khan allegedly killed their father, Badaruddin Mangrejo, and threw his body into the canal in 2007.
APRIL 13, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ISLAMIC LAW NOW OFFICIAL FOR SWAT VALLEY
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari signed a controversial bill introducing Islamic
APRIL 10, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDS, WOMEN ABOLISHED
the Lahore High Court in Pakistan abolished the death sentence for under-trial women
- APRIL 9, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH ROW REPRIEVE
Dr Irfan Zafar told a Pakistani newspaper that the execution of Dr Zulfiqar Ali Khan was stayed for a month by the president.
- APRIL 7, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH FOR DRUG-PEDDLING
Special Anti-Narcotics Court Judge Chaudhry Muhammad Aslam sentenced a man to death for drug pushing and jailed his two accomplices.
APRIL 7, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE PAKISTANIS BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded three Pakistanis convicted of killing a fellow Pakistani man, the Interior Ministry said in a statement in state news agency SPA.
- APRIL 2, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO CONVICTS
a division bench of the Lahore High Court in Pakistan upheld the death sentence of Shahbaz and his friend Nasrullah in a murder case
MARCH 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 114 ON DEATH ROW AT CPK
at least 114 convicted criminals lodged in the CPK in Pakistan are waiting to be hanged in their death cells.
- MARCH 29, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT UPHOLDS FIRST DEATH SENTENCE SINCE 2005
the Dubai Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates upheld the death sentence of a
- MARCH 28, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Iteffaq Abbasi awarded the death sentence to an accused and acquitted another in a murder case in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Muhammad Nouman and Muhammad Irfan were charged with killing Muhammad Kamran on August
- MARCH 26, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SON-IN-LAW
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions (ADS) Judge Khalid Mehmood Ranjha awarded capital punishment to a man for killing his son-in-law who married his daughter without his consent
- MARCH 26, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED IN LAHORE
a Division Bench of the Lahore High Court converted the death penalty of a man convicted of murder into life imprisonment and acquitted the other accused for lack of evidence
- MARCH 8, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: DEATH ROW PRISONERS SECURED PARDON
Mecca Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who is also chairman of the Reconciliation Committee in the province...
- MARCH 2, 2009YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMENI COURT SENTENCES PAKISTANI MAN TO DEATH FOR DRUG-TRAFFICKING
a Yemeni state security court sentenced a Pakistani man to death and 15 others to 25 years in prison for smuggling around 10,000 kilograms of hashish into the country.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ATC AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPING, MURDER
Pakistani Anti Terrorism Court-I (ATC-I) Judge Hasan Shah Bukhari sentenced Shehzad Masih, Nisar Ahmed and Munir Masih to death, life imprisonment and fines
- FEBRUARY 15, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN ON DEATH ROW FOR RAPE DEPORTED AFTER ADMITTING TO CHARGES
a man who was to be stoned to death in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, for raping his mistress's young daughters was deported, Gulf News learnt. Abdul Aziz, a Pakistani, was sentenced for repeatedly raping the four Emirati girls, who were then aged between 1
- FEBRUARY 11, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
in Pakpattan, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sandher awarded the death penalty and imposed a Rs 200,000 fine in a 2004 double murder case in Saddar.
- JANUARY 29, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 EXECUTED BY TALIBAN IN TRIBAL AREAS
according to Pakistani security sources, the Taliban guerrillas along the Afghani border captured and executed two individuals accused of collaborating with the authorities.
- JANUARY 29, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DRAFT TO ANNUL CAPITAL PUNISHMENT SENT TO PRESIDENT
the Pakistani Interior Ministry sent a summary to President Asif Ali Zardari for his
- JANUARY 28, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
an Additional District and Sessions Judge in Pakistan awarded a death sentence to a murder convict and imposed a Rs100,000 fine on him.
- JANUARY 28, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
a man was sentenced to death for murder by Additional District and Sessions Judge Rana Muhammad Yousaf and imposed a Rs100,000 fine on him.
- JANUARY 27, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
DUBAI COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR KILLING SECURITY GUARD
the Court of First Instance in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, sentenced a Pakistani to death
- JANUARY 22, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Pakistan sought a report from the Punjab government on a petition filed against the solitary confinement of thousands of prisoners on death row in death cells
the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Pakistan sought a report from the Punjab government on a petition filed against the solitary confinement of thousands of prisoners on death row in death cells