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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FEBRUARY 23, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BLASPHEMY CASE
A Pakistani man from the minority Shia community has been sentenced to death by a court in Punjab province for defaming Islam, officials said on 23 February 2022.
FEBRUARY 10, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR BOY
A Lahore sessions court has handed down death penalty to a man for raping and killing a three-old-boy in 2017, The Dawn reported on 4 February 2022.
JANUARY 27, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: KARACHI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN WIFE’S MURDER CASE
A model court has handed down death sentence to a man for burning his wife to death over a domestic dispute, Dawn reported on 26 January 2022.
JANUARY 26, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, THREE CHILDREN
An antiterrorism court on 20 January 2022 awarded death sentence to a convict for murdering his wife, two minor children and a minor brother-in-law over domestic issues in 2017.
- JANUARY 20, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TEXTING CARICATURES OF PROPHET
A Muslim woman was sentenced to death in Pakistan on 19 January 2022 after being convicted of sending a blasphemous text message and caricatures of Prophet Muhammad via WhatsApp, a court said.
JANUARY 17, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABDUCTION CASE IN GILGIT
Gilgit anti-terrorism court on 13 Janury 2022 sentenced five accused to death for kidnapping and torturing a youth and posting his obscene videos on social media.
JANUARY 13, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2021 JOHAR TOWN EXPLOSION
A pakistani anti-terrorism court on 12 January 2022 sentenced four men to death for their involvement in a car bombing last year that killed four people near the residence of Jamat ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed in Johar Town.
JANUARY 11, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH ON BLASPHEMY CHARGES
A Christian man on 6 January 2022 was sentenced to death in Pakistan a decade after he was charged with blasphemy.
DECEMBER 28, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BLASPHEMY
A Peshawar court on 23 December 2021 convicted a 42-year-old man of committing blasphemy through uploading a video on the internet and sentenced him to death along with a fine of Rs100,000.
DECEMBER 16, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Taxila court on 13 December 2021 sentenced a man to death for murdering a former councillor during a reconciliation meeting in Mohallah Warrian in Taxila police area in August 2019.
DECEMBER 1, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: KP CABINET OKAYS DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILD ABUSERS
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet on 30 November 2021 approved the capital punishment for child abusers, which would be implemented after approval by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.
NOVEMBER 25, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN RECEIVES DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING DAUGHTER
A local court in the Hafizabad District of Punjab on 24 November 2021 sentenced a man to capital punishment for raping his own daughter.
NOVEMBER 23, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY ACQUITTED
A Christian in Pakistan incarcerated for nearly 10 years on a blasphemy conviction was released from prison on 9 November 2021 after a high court acquitted him.
NOVEMBER 8, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: GILGIT ATC AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO EIGHT MEN FOR NALTAR KILLINGS
The Gilgit-Baltistan anti-terrorism court on 4 November 2021 awarded a death sentence to eight men after convicting them of killing nine people in two Naltar valley sectarian attacks.
NOVEMBER 2, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FOUR SISTERS
A Peshawar court on 30 October 2021 convicted a man and his son for killing four sisters six years ago over a property dispute and sentenced them to death along with the payment of Rs2 million compensation each to the legal heirs of the women.
OCTOBER 28, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCES TO TWO IN A MINOR RAPE, MURDER CASE
A district and sessions court in Rawalpindi on 26 October 2021 awarded death sentences to two persons for raping and murdering a minor girl.
OCTOBER 25, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO COPS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN INTEZAR MURDER CASE
An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on 25 October 2021 awarded death sentences to two cops over their role in the murder of a youngster Intezar Ahmed, 19, in Defence Housing Authority (DHA) neighbourhood of the city by an ACLC team.
OCTOBER 19, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE CONVICTS IN GANG RAPE AND MURDER CASE SENTENCED TO DEATH TWICE
In the case of gang rape and murder, three convicts were sentenced to death two times and fined Rs. 5 lakh, Pothwar reported on 16 October 2021.
- OCTOBER 5, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN CHURCH HOSTS CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
The Saviour’s Church in Lahore played host to a street play highlighting the plight of families of death row prisoners, kick-starting the awareness campaign for the World Day Against the Death Penalty observed every Oct. 10.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE GET DEATH FOR GANG RAPE IN KASUR
A gender-based violence court in Kasur on 5 August 2021 awarded death sentence to three people in the gang rape of a mentally-challenged minor girl.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: WOMAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR CLAIMING TO BE PROPHET
A Lahore district court on 27 September 2021 awarded death sentence to a woman for claiming to be a prophet.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MQM ACTIVIST’S KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Hyderabad model criminal trial court-I judge Ahsan Durrani on 20 September 2021 awarded capital punishment to a suspect in murder case of an activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement.
JULY 14, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: REALTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BUSINESSMAN’S MURDER CASE
A Karachi model court on 14 July 2021 awarded death sentence to a real estate agent for murdering a businessman over a personal dispute.
JULY 13, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ANTI-TERROR COURT GIVES DEATH TO GUARD FOR KILLING BANK MANAGER OVER BLASPHEMY ALLEGATIONS
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on 30 June 2021 sentenced to death a former security guard for killing his bank’s manager over blasphemy allegations in the country’s eastern Punjab province last year.
JULY 12, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE
A Dunyapur court on 5 July 2021 sentenced to death the two brothers involved in a double murder case in Lodhran.
JULY 7, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FIVE CONVICTS GET DEATH OVER MURDER CHARGES
Two sessions courts of Rawalpindi on 30 June 2021 sentenced five convicts to death and awarded longer jail sentences to two in separate murder cases.
JUNE 17, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO CLERICS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING AND MURDERING STUDENT
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan on 14 June 2021 sentenced two clerics to death after finding them guilty of kidnapping a 15-year-old student for ransom and later murdering him.
JUNE 6, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT ACQUITS CHRISTIAN COUPLE OF ‘BLASPHEMY’
A Pakistani court on 3 June 2021 acquitted a Christian couple who have spent seven years on death row for alleged blasphemy, their lawyer says, in a case that rights groups have long singled out for fair trial issues.
- JUNE 1, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO MURDERERS AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE BY PINDI COURT
The Rawalpindi District Session Court on 31 May 2021 awarded a death sentence to two accused in a murder case.
- MAY 19, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY AWARDED TO MURDER CONVICT COMMUTED TO LIFE SENTENCE
The Sindh High Court commuted on 18 May 2021 the death sentence awarded to a murder convict into life imprisonment.