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
- 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 PENALTYPAKISTAN: 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, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTYDUBAI 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
- JANUARY 1, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes...
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes...
- JANUARY 1, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE
a division bench of the Lahore High Court in Pakistan, consisting of Justice Tariq Shamim and Justice Kazim Ali Malik, confirmed a death sentence of a man and reduced that of his co-accused to life imprisonment.
- JANUARY 1, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Zahoor Ahmed, son of Ahmed Baksh, who was convicted in a murder case in Pakistan, was scheduled to be executed on this day
Zahoor Ahmed, son of Ahmed Baksh, who was convicted in a murder case in Pakistan, was scheduled to be executed on this day
- DECEMBER 27, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a division bench of the Lahore High Court in Pakistan, consisting of Justice Tariq Shamim and Justice Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry, commuted the death sentence of Muhammad Irshad to life imprisonment
a division bench of the Lahore High Court in Pakistan, consisting of Justice Tariq Shamim and Justice Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry, commuted the death sentence of Muhammad Irshad to life imprisonment
- DECEMBER 23, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
a primary court in Peshawar city in the North West Frontier Province of neighbouring Pakistan sentenced two Afghan nationals to death for killing their cousin
a primary court in Peshawar city in the North West Frontier Province of neighbouring Pakistan sentenced two Afghan nationals to death for killing their cousin
- DECEMBER 21, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Taliban militants executed two Afghan nationals in Pakistan's tribal areas, accusing them of spying for US-led forces in Afghanistan
Taliban militants executed two Afghan nationals in Pakistan's tribal areas, accusing them of spying for US-led forces in Afghanistan
- DECEMBER 20, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
District and Sessions Judge Sohail Nasir awarded the death sentence to an assailant convicted in a murder case
District and Sessions Judge Sohail Nasir awarded the death sentence to an assailant convicted in a murder case
DECEMBER 11, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MOI TO PROPOSE DEATH PENALTY FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS
the advisor to the Pakistani Prime Minister of the Interior, A. Rehman Malik, said the Ministry of Interior is
- DECEMBER 3, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan commuted the death sentence of a convict into life imprisonment
the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan commuted the death sentence of a convict into life imprisonment
- NOVEMBER 30, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCE IN KIDNAPPING AND MURDER CASE
an Anti Terrorism Court in Pakistan handed down the death sentence on two counts to three accused after finding them guilty of kidnapping and murdering a boy in September, 2006
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SIX AWARDED DEATH SENTENCES IN SEPARATE CASES
six men convicted for murder were sentenced to death in Pakistan.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE OF ALLAHYAR AKA YARU
a division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Pakistan set aside the death sentence of Allahyar alias Yaru, accused of killing four people and injuring two in a police lock-up.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DOUBLE DEATH SENTENCE
in Arifwala, Pakistan, Additional District and Session Judge Malik Tariq Mahmood...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAK GOVT PROCESSING ABOLITION OF DEATH SENTENCE
the Pakistan Government is considering a proposal to abolish the death penalty in the country.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, quashed the death sentence of Ghulam Haider...
the High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, quashed the death sentence of Ghulam Haider...
- NOVEMBER 9, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TALIBAN EXECUTE WOMAN FOR COMMITTING "ADULTERY"
the Pakistani Taliban executed a married woman after pronouncing her guilty of committing "adultery" in the troubled northwestern Swat valley.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
a division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Pakistan commuted the death sentence of Muhammad Sharif to life imprisonment.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI CHURCH AGAINST DEATH PENALTY FOR CYBER TERRORISTS
the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP) of the Catholic Church, together with the independent group Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), disapprove of the order signed by Pakistani President Zardari mandating the death penalty for cybe
NOVEMBER 6, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN SETS DEATH PENALTY FOR ‘CYBER TERRORISM’
Causing death through "cyber terrorism" will be punishable by death in Pakistan, according to a decree