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The article reports that the four militant Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attackers of a school in Peshawar, Pakistan were hanged at a prison in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkliwa on April 25, 2017.

The article focuses on a report from Reprieve, an international human rights group, and Justice Project Pakistan, which shows that Pakistan hanged 324 people in 2015 to rank third worldwide in terms of executions.

The article reports on the execution of convicts in Pakistan on March 17, 2015, a death sentence that cannot be used unless the defendant is 18 years of age.

The article reports on the hanging of two militants from an outlawed sectarian group by the government following a militant attack on a school killing 153 people in Pakistan.

The article reports that Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving Pakistani gunman from the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, has been executed by the Indian government in November 2012. It states that Kasab was one of the 10 young men who hijacked an Indian fishing boat and attacked high-end hotels, hospitals, and a train station and Jewish community center that left 160 people dead. It adds that the execution has no impact on improving ties between the India and Pakistan.

The article reports on the hanging of 11 rebels connected with Sunni rebel group Jundollah in Iran on December 20, 2010. It states that Iran also warned that it would enter Pakistan in pursuit of the rebels, saying that Jundollah members find refuge across the southeastern border of Iran with Pakistan. It adds that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had a telephone talk with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, demanding Pakistan to arrest distinguished terrorists and deliver them to Iran.