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
- NOVEMBER 5, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT GETS DEATH PENALTY
Additional Sessions Judge Malik Tariq Mehmood awarded the death sentence to an assailant convicted in a murder case of Sadar police precincts in Pakistan.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a Division Bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in Pakistan commuted a convict’s death sentence to life imprisonment
a Division Bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in Pakistan commuted a convict’s death sentence to life imprisonment
- NOVEMBER 3, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: AHRC FOR CRACKING DOWN ON JIRGA COURTS
the Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission said the Pakistan Government must crack down hard on Jirga courts and the extra-judicial murders they commit.
- NOVEMBER 2, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY REVEIW BILL THIS MONTH: NAIK
the Pakistani Ministry of Law is planning to review various laws under which capital punishment is awarded in the country, Federal Law Minister Farooq Naik told Dawn News.
- NOVEMBER 2, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE HANDED DOWN FOR MURDER OF HAJI NAMDAR
according to a statement, Mujahid Khan was sentenced to death by the Shura Council in Pakistan and was subsequently beheaded.
- OCTOBER 30, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
in Pakistan, Kasur Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed Ahsan Mahboob awarded the death sentence to three notorious armed robbers convicted of the murder of two brothers in a nearby village
in Pakistan, Kasur Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed Ahsan Mahboob awarded the death sentence to three notorious armed robbers convicted of the murder of two brothers in a nearby village
- OCTOBER 30, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Abdul Rehman Awan awarded the death sentence to a man for killing another in 2003 in Chontra, Pakistan
Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Abdul Rehman Awan awarded the death sentence to a man for killing another in 2003 in Chontra, Pakistan
- OCTOBER 29, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
in Pakistan, Kasur Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Azam Khan awarded the death sentence and a Rs 25000 fine each to two men
in Pakistan, Kasur Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Azam Khan awarded the death sentence and a Rs 25000 fine each to two men
- OCTOBER 28, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SUSPENSION OF ZULFIQAR ALI'S EXECUTION EXTENDED
in Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali's 14 day stay of execution was extended another 60 days to allow time for negotiations for a compromise between the families.
- OCTOBER 27, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
District and Sessions Judge Mirza Rafi-uz-Zaman awarded the death sentence and a fine of Rs 1 lakh to Rafaqat Mahmood
District and Sessions Judge Mirza Rafi-uz-Zaman awarded the death sentence and a fine of Rs 1 lakh to Rafaqat Mahmood
- OCTOBER 18, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SUMMARY TO ABOLISH DEATH SENTENCE SENT TO PRESIDENT: NAIK
a summary regarding repealing the death sentence in Pakistan was sent to President House for final approval...
- OCTOBER 17, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO PAKISTANIS BEHEADED ON DRUG CHARGES
two Pakistani citizens convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia were beheaded by the sword in the
- OCTOBER 15, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a division bench of the Lahore High Court in Pakistan comprising Justice Tariq Shamim and Justice Hasnat Ahmad Khan confirmed the death sentence awarded to Mohammad Akhtar of Depalpur for killing Riaz Ahmad
a division bench of the Lahore High Court in Pakistan comprising Justice Tariq Shamim and Justice Hasnat Ahmad Khan confirmed the death sentence awarded to Mohammad Akhtar of Depalpur for killing Riaz Ahmad
- OCTOBER 13, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT GIVEN IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Additional Session Judge Rai Muhammad Ayub Marth awarded capital punishment and a fine of Rs 200,000 to Zaheer Akbar.
- OCTOBER 10, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Vice-Chairwoman Hina Jilani said that human rights activists had been demanding the abolishment of the death penalty for several years
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Vice-Chairwoman Hina Jilani said that human rights activists had been demanding the abolishment of the death penalty for several years
- OCTOBER 8, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ZARDARI STAYS ALI'S EXECUTION FOR 14 DAYS
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari stayed the execution Zulfikar Ali for 14 days to give one last chance to his two daughters to seek a compromise with the aggrieved families.
- OCTOBER 6, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONLY PRESIDENT CAN PARDON SARABJIT: NAEK
Pakistani Law Minister Farooq Naek met Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh at the Lahore’s Kot Lakhpath Jail to review his case following the Indian government’s appeal for clemency for him.
- OCTOBER 6, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: EXECUTION SCHEDULED DESPITE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
even though Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced that all death sentences were to be commuted to life imprisonment on June 21, four prisoners have been executed and the fifth, Zulifkar Ali, is to be hanged on October 8 in Rawalpindi's Adi
- OCTOBER 6, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: AHRC URGES PRESIDENT ZARDARI TO COMMUTE ZULFIQAR’S EXECUTION
the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) appealed to the Government of Pakistan to stop the execution of condemned prisoner Zulfiqar Ali, father of two daughters.
- OCTOBER 5, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: JIRGA DECLARES WOMAN KARI, PRONOUNCES DEATH SENTENCE
the Society for Development and Human Rights (SDHR) in Pakistan strongly condemned the death sentence issued by a Jirga in Khairpur district against a local woman on the charges of Karo Kari. In a press statement, the SDHR Secretary General Akhtar Husain
- OCTOBER 5, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: PRESIDENT URGED TO COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCES TO LIFE TERMS
former Pakistani Human Rights Minister Ansar Burney demanded that the president commute all death sentences into life imprisonment as announced by Prime Minister Makhdoom Yousuf Raza Gilani in the National Assembly on June 21.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY EXECUTE FOUR MEN
tribal elders, clerics and Taliban publicly executed four men in South Waziristan, Pakistan, for allegedly committing murder, eyewitnesses said.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
at the Central Prison in Sana'a, Yemen...
at the Central Prison in Sana'a, Yemen...
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
a policeman was sentenced to death for killing his friend by District and Session Judge in Quetta, Pakistan.
- AUGUST 29, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI BEHEADED IN SAUDI FOR MURDER
a Pakistani man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca after the victim's family refused "blood money."
- AUGUST 21, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES TWO PAKISTANIS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabia executed two Pakistanis convicted of smuggling heroin into the kingdom, the Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement.
- AUGUST 19, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH FOR KILLING HIS UNCLE
a judge at the District and Sessions Court in Mithi, Tharparkar district in Pakistan, awarded the death sentence to a man for killing his uncle in February 2007.
- AUGUST 19, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Manzoor Ahmed was hanged, in Pakistan, for murder.
- AUGUST 18, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING A FAMILY
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ishfaq Mohammad Sheikh awarded death sentence to two accused for killing an entire family over a minor dispute.
- AUGUST 18, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC STAYS EXECUTION OF DEATH CONVICT
in Pakistan, the Lahore High Court stayed for five days the execution of a condemned prisoner, Muhammad Shahbaz of Mustafabad, Okara.