Capital punishment in Pakistan

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Pakistan. Although there have been numerous amendments to the Constitution, there is yet to be a provision prohibiting the death penalty as a punitive remedy.^[1]^[2]

A moratorium on executions was imposed in 2008. No executions occurred from 2009 to 2011, with 1 in 2012 and 0 in 2013.^[3] The moratorium was lifted fully after the massacre of 132 students and 9 members of staff of the Army Public School and Degree College in Peshawar, and routine executions resumed. Pakistan carried out 7 executions in 2014, 326 in 2015, 87 in 2016, 65 in 2017, and 14 in 2018.^[4] Hanging is the only legal method of execution.^[5]

^ Constitution of Pakistan 1973, Articles 200 to 205
^ Retrieved September 8, 2017.
^ "The Death Penalty in Pakistan". Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
^ "Death sentences and executions in 2016". amnesty.org. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
^ Section 368 Code of Criminal Procedure

[1] Constitution of Pakistan 1973, Articles 200 to 205

[2] Retrieved September 8, 2017.

[3] "The Death Penalty in Pakistan". Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

[4] "Death sentences and executions in 2016". amnesty.org. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

[5] Section 368 Code of Criminal Procedure

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