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.
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- JANUARY 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTES MAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Iranian authorities handed over the body of Abdul Qayyum to Taftan police
- JANUARY 3, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN EXECUTED FOR SLAUGHTERING WIFE, DAUGHTERS
Abdul Shakoor, convicted of slaughtering of his wife and two minor daughters, was executed in New Central Jail in Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
- JANUARY 1, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes...
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Pakistan voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- DECEMBER 9, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
ALLEGED OUTLAW PUBLICLY EXECUTED IN BARA
Lashkar-i-Islam activists publicly executed an alleged outlaw in Bara, Pakistan.
- DECEMBER 7, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI MAN CONVICTED OF DRUG SMUGGLING EXECUTED IN SAUDI ARABIA
SPA carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement saying that the Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence against Pakistani national Muhammad Amir Shahzad who was convicted of the crime of smuggling a quantity heroin hidden in his entrails into Saudi A
- DECEMBER 3, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SC STAYS DEATH PENALTY OF ASHFAQ
the Supreme Court in New Delhi, India, admitted an appeal filed by
- NOVEMBER 23, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA
a Pakistani man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI AUTHORITIES BEHEAD PAKISTANI CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into the kingdom...
- NOVEMBER 14, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a taxi driver’s killer was executed in the central jail of Sahiwal town...
a taxi driver’s killer was executed in the central jail of Sahiwal town...
- NOVEMBER 10, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
a Pakistani man was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia after he was convicted of drug smuggling, th
- NOVEMBER 8, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into the kingdom, the
- OCTOBER 31, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Session Judge Abdul Haseeb Shaikh sentenced two people to death.
- OCTOBER 30, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a Pakistan national, Mahammad Ali, was hanged at dawn...
a Pakistan national, Mahammad Ali, was hanged at dawn...
- OCTOBER 26, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE
a three-member bench of the Supreme Court in Pakistan...
- OCTOBER 25, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded by the sword Shahid Jameel, a Pakistani national
- OCTOBER 25, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR SMUGGLING HEROIN
the Saudi Arabian news agency SPA website carried a Saudi Interior Ministry
- OCTOBER 18, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
an Additional District and Sessions judge in Pakistan...
an Additional District and Sessions judge in Pakistan...
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
WOMAN BEHEADED IN PAKISTAN
a woman was beheaded in the village of Nehqai Kandau in the Haleemzai tehsil, Pakistan...
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Ghafoor was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
Abdul Ghafoor was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
TWO WOMEN BEHEADED IN BANNU
two women, accused of having been involved in ‘immoral activities,’ were kidnapped and beheaded in the volatile Bannu district in Pakistan.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF FAMILY
two men were awarded the death penalty and fined Rs 400,000 each by the district and sessions court for killing four members of a family here.
- AUGUST 16, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN HANGED FOR MURDER OF YOUTH
a convict, identified as Jarar, alias Chand, was hanged at Sialkot District Jail in Pakistan.
- AUGUST 7, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI AUTHORITIES BEHEAD PAKISTANI CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into the kingdom...
- AUGUST 3, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Pakistanis and a Nigerian for drug smuggling.
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Pakistanis and a Nigerian for drug smuggling.
- AUGUST 3, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Pakistanis for armed
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Pakistanis for armed
- JULY 31, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MURDER CONVICT HANGED
Shabbir Ahmad, who was involved in a murder case in the jurisdiction
- JULY 28, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE ON DEATH ROW HAVE APPEALS REJECTED
according to a press release issued by the Adiala Central Jail in Pakistan, three prisoners sentenced to death will be hanged after their appeals for amnesty were rejected.
- JULY 25, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. PRISON OFFICIALS RAISE MONEY FOR DEATH ROW INMATES
the superintendent of a prison in the Pakistani port city of Karachi raises
- JULY 25, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Munir Ahmed was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
Munir Ahmed was hanged in Pakistan for murder.