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
- DECEMBER 3, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 3, Judge Rahmat Hussain Jafferi of Anti...
On December 3, Judge Rahmat Hussain Jafferi of Anti Terrorism Court-1 sentenced to death Amir Buksh, 28, for killing HC Muhammed Yousuf on October 20, in his desperate bid to avoid arrest by a team of Anti-Dacoity and Robbery Cell (ADRC) in Malir
- NOVEMBER 2, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On November 2, a special court for the suppression...
On November 2, a special court for the suppression of terrorist activities awarded the death sentence, 30 lashes and a fine of Rs 20,000 to Mohammad Siddique in a hudud case
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In November, Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (PML)...
In November, Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (PML) party filed a petition before the Supreme Court against the military action that installed Gen
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In November, the Pakistani representative, speaking...
In November, the Pakistani representative, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), said the issue of the death penalty pertains to crime prevention and criminal justice
- OCTOBER 20, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On October 20, Pakistani representative Munawar Saeed...
On October 20, Pakistani representative Munawar Saeed Bhatti, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly on item 107, crime prevention and criminal justice, said that maintenance of societal peace and law and order through an effective crime
- OCTOBER 12, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On October 12, Army chief Gen
On October 12, Army chief Gen
- SEPTEMBER 24, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On September 24, a Pakistani man was beheaded in Saudi...
On September 24, a Pakistani man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for trying to smuggle drugs into the Kingdom in his abdomen
- AUGUST 27, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On August 27, an Italian delegation composed of the Hon
On August 27, an Italian delegation composed of the Hon
- AUGUST 21, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On August 21, a special anti-terrorism court in Pakistan...
On August 21, a special anti-terrorism court in Pakistan handed down the death penalty to Mohammad Saeed Alias Bharam and Saleem Alias Denter, two activists of the ethnic party Motahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM), for killing 4 Americans and their Pakistani dr
- AUGUST 13, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On August 13, Shareef Khan Nasser, a Pakistani man,...
On August 13, Shareef Khan Nasser, a Pakistani man, was executed in Saudi Arabia for smuggling an unspecified quantity of heroin into the Kingdom
- JUNE 24, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On June 24, the U
On June 24, the U
- JUNE 4, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On June 4, an anti-terrorist court sentenced 9 activists...
On June 4, an anti-terrorist court sentenced 9 activists from an opposition political party to death for the murder of former Governor of southern Sindh Province Hakim Said and two aides, in October 1998
- JUNE 1, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On June 1, a Pakistani man 33-year- has been executed...
On June 1, a Pakistani man 33-year- has been executed in the United Arab Emirates for murdering a Pakistani girl, 15-year-old, whose family had refused him her hand in marriage
- MAY 14, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On May 14, 2 Pakistanis, Ashraf Ali Qadir Bakhsh and...
On May 14, 2 Pakistanis, Ashraf Ali Qadir Bakhsh and Shushi Muhammad Taln, were executed in Saudi Arabia for drug offenses
- MAY 13, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On May 13, Mohammed Saleem was re-arrested for the...
On May 13, Mohammed Saleem was re-arrested for the same crime for which he had been condemned to death in December 1998 and subsequently released in January 1999
- APRIL 29, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On April 29, President Rafiq Tarar issued an Ordinance...
On April 29, President Rafiq Tarar issued an Ordinance to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 and turned special courts into anti-terrorism courts, following the Supreme Court's decision on February 17 to strike down military trial courts
- APRIL 28, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan voted against the resolution on the death...
Pakistan voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- APRIL 23, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On April 23, Ghulam Abbas Ali Nawaz, a Pakistani man,...
On April 23, Ghulam Abbas Ali Nawaz, a Pakistani man, was executed near the Muslim Holy City of Mecca in western Saudi Arabia for smuggling heroin in his intestines into the kingdom
- MARCH 10, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On March 10, the Pakistan Government denied charges...
On March 10, the Pakistan Government denied charges that it violated human rights or ignored their violation in the country
- MARCH 9, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On March 9, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan...
On March 9, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) claimed that one out of every five persons convicted in the country is sentenced to death, ranking Pakistan as having one of the world's highest death sentence rates
- FEBRUARY 24, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On February 24, the Anti-Terrorism Court in Gujranwala...
On February 24, the Anti-Terrorism Court in Gujranwala announced a 7-times death sentence, a 2-times life imprisonment, and a 321-year imprisonment for each of the three agents of the Research and Analysis Wing [RAW] for conducting bomb blasts in Gujranwa
- FEBRUARY 17, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On February 17, the Supreme Court of Pakistan in a...
On February 17, the Supreme Court of Pakistan in a historic verdict declared the constitution of military trial courts and punishments awarded by them as unconstitutional
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In February, an appellate military court set aside...
In February, an appellate military court set aside the death sentence handed down by a summary military court to Mohammad Saleem, a 13-year- old boy who was among 4 people condemned to death on December 19 for killing 3 policemen in 1997
- JANUARY 23, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On January 23, Syed Ayub Haider Naqvi alias Chanda,...
On January 23, Syed Ayub Haider Naqvi alias Chanda, a 26-year-old auto-engineer was sentenced to death by a military court in Karachi for his involvement in the murder of Mohammad Ismail Memon, Chairman of the Board of Secondary Education and his driver,
- JANUARY 23, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On January 23, the Federal Government filed a review...
On January 23, the Federal Government filed a review petition in the Supreme Court urging the Apex Court to vacate its interim decision taken on January 11 that bars executions ordered by military courts established under Art
- JANUARY 16, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On January 16, Military Court-4 sentenced Ali Nawaz...
On January 16, Military Court-4 sentenced Ali Nawaz Khoso of Shikarpur to death
- JANUARY 11, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On January 11, the Supreme Court halted executions...
On January 11, the Supreme Court halted executions ordered by military courts in Karachi until it ruled on their validity
- JANUARY 8, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On January 8, Pakistan's Supreme Court issued an interim...
On January 8, Pakistan's Supreme Court issued an interim order to stop any executions imposed by military courts in from being carried out until the following week
- JANUARY 5, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On January 5, Rafiuddin Babli, 32, was put to death...
On January 5, Rafiuddin Babli, 32, was put to death for kidnapping with a view to extortion, and for raping a female student in 1997
- JANUARY 1, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In December 1998, the Government set up military trial...
In December 1998, the Government set up military trial courts (MTC) to try those responsible for "violence and terrorism" in Sindh Province, the capital of which is Karachi, where more than 1,000 people were killed in political and religious violence duri