death penalty

Apex court set aside high court’s decision of exonerating legislator in murder of six people

His clemency appeals had been turned down by the president after SC, PHC upheld lower court’s verdict

A Haripur sessions judge had sentenced Gulzar to death and imposed a fine of Rs300,000 in 2009

According to the Death Penalty Information Center no state has ever carried out eight executions in 10 days

After six years, the apex court took up the case on January 25 this year

Court's action comes at a time of deep divisions among eight SC justices over death penalty

It comes just days after the church launched its strongest attack against president Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs

Dutch diplomat says Netherlands ready to join CPEC, invest in Gwadar.

Convict’s mother says Hayat unable to remember his own offspring and thinks cats are his children

Noor had allegedly remained involved in attacks against foreign tourists

Executions declined to 20 this year, the lowest number since 1991

Moratorium was lifted following the gruesome attack on Army Public School in Peshawar

Their cases were shifted to military authorities from Kot Lakhpat jail

Chinese courts have a conviction rate of 99.92 per cent

The death penalty was not a major issue in the presidential campaign, as neither Trump nor Hillary Clinton oppose it

Imdad Ali’s death warrant has been issued for Nov 2

Capital punishment is on hold in the southwestern state after a series of botched executions

Federal rights ministry has advised interior ministry to stay Imdad’s execution on humanitarian grounds

Globally, 65 countries currently use the death penalty for terrorism-related offences

Ban urged everyone to continue working to abolish the death penalty entirely

Three-judge bench takes up plea against Imdad Ali’s death warrants

Hangings were initially reinstated only for those convicted of terrorism, but later extended to all capital offences

Imdad Ali was sentenced to death for the murder of a religious teacher in 2002

The five-member bench had earlier reserved judgment on June 20

The court also awarded capital punishment under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act and fined the convict Rs500,000

He was arrested and the court had sentenced him to death

The execution of a murder convict was put off after the petitioner settled with the defendant

ATC had found them guilty of kidnapping and murdering 12-year-old boy

The trial court had sentenced them to death and the apex court upheld the decision

Corruption cases involving $463,000 or more may incur death penalty in future

Peshawar High Court endorses military courts’ verdicts, dismisses all judicial review petitions

Amnesty says surge in worldwide executions highest since 1989

The U.S. state of Georgia executed a man convicted of beating another man to death with a wooden closet rod in 1994.

About 444 mercy petitions have been rejected; 38 awaiting decision by the interior ministry

More than 300 people were hanged on judicial orders in Pakistan last year

Shahzad was involved in a murder case registered in Hasilpur police station

Petitioner asks SC to decide fate of condemned prisoners

Man said to be son of couple among those convicted

PM Nawaz had abolished the moratorium on death penalty in terrorism-related cases soon after assuming office

The court acquitted Arshad and Abdul Ghaffar, giving them the benefit of doubt

The apex court had upheld the decision of the lower court and the president had turned down his mercy petition.

ISPR says terrorists were involved in committing heinous offences relating to terrorism

In Dera Ghazi Khan, a man convicted of killing his wife and daughter was executed on Wednesday morning

The latest executions took place in various locations in Punjab

Ali Mujahid and Salahuddin Chowdhury are facing execution for their roles in 1971 independence war

The organisation believes over 300 people have been executed over 11 months

The court sentenced Ahmed to death, 13 years imprisonment and Rs600,000 compensation

Mustafa had murdered a man in a McLeod Ganj police precinct

Joins the likes of China, Iran for hanging most death-row prisoners in a year

The latest hangings come a day after authorities executed eight people, also all accused of murder