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
- 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, 2007PakistanDEATH 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.
- JULY 24, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: PRISONER SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT LAST MINUTE
a condemned prisoner in Pakistan was granted a last minute pardon by his brother as he stood in the gallows.
JULY 24, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. FIVE HANGED FOR MURDER
five convicts, including three brothers, were hanged for murder in the central
- JULY 23, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Ismail was sentenced to death by the Bahawalpur District and Sessions Judge in Pakistan.
Muhammad Ismail was sentenced to death by the Bahawalpur District and Sessions Judge in Pakistan.
- JULY 20, 2007RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIAN GETS DEATH PENALTY IN PAKISTAN
Akhlas Akhlak, a Russian man was sentenced to death for an assassination attempt on Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.
- JULY 17, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE
Additional District and Sessions Judge Rana Nisar Ahmed Khan awarded the death sentence by hanging to Iqbal, Riaz, Rafaqat and Asjad Nawaz for abducting and raping Abida Yasmin, 25
JULY 14, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI CONVICTED OF MURDER EXECUTED
the official Saudi PressAgency carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement announcing
- JULY 10, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LAHORE COURT CONFIRMS DEATH FOR WOMAN MINISTER'S KILLER
the Lahore High Court upheld the death sentence given to a radical shopkeeper...
- JULY 3, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
3 MEN HANGED AT FAISALABAD DISTRICT JAIL
three men convicted of murder were hanged in Faisalabad district jail in Pakistan.
- JUNE 28, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN EXECUTED IN SUKKUR CENTRAL JAIL FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, a man was executed by hanging at Sukkur Central Jail One,
- JUNE 13, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN TWO HANGED FOR MURDER
two convicts involved in separate murder cases were hanged in the Attock district jail in Pakistan.
- JUNE 13, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN TWO HANGED IN PUNJAB JAILS
a condemned prisoner Muhammad Naeem was hanged in the Multan Central Jail in Pakistan. He had killed two rivals Muhammad Azam Khan and Ali Ahmed on December 11, 1995 over a dispute.
- JUNE 6, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO FOUR CONVICTS
in Pakistan, the Daska Additional District & Session Judge Khawaja Zafar Iqbal has awarded death sentence with a fine of Rs.50, 000 each to four convicts.
- JUNE 4, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
FOUR EXECUTED FOR ADULTERY IN PAKISTAN
Pakistani villagers shot dead a woman and three men, including an Afghan refugee...
- MAY 31, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN TWO BROTHERS EXECUTED IN SAHIWAL JAIL FOR MURDER
two brothers, Aslam Iqbal and Arshad Iqbal, were hanged in the central jail in Sahiwal, Pakistan, for killing their uncle Zafar and his 6 family members over a dispute over 6 acres of land at Chak 17-SP, Pakpattan on April 22, 1993.
- MAY 31, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KARACHI BOMBING
a Pakistan court convicted and sentenced two tribal militants to death for a 2005 car bombing which killed four people near a state-run petroleum company's office, a prosecutor said.
MAY 30, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. CHRISTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani district court condemned to death Younis Masih, a Christian accused of blasphemy. The
- MAY 24, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling drugs into the country...
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling drugs into the country...
- MAY 21, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTES PAKISTANI FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed Pakistani national Amin-Allah Khan Wali in the eastern...
- MAY 17, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTES TWO MEN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed two Pakistani men, Layakat Ali Alf and Ghani Kal Hadret...