Major criminal cases documented only when reliable sourcing supports a substantive account, with legal outcomes separated from allegations and unresolved questions.
Cases with a verified conviction, adjudicated outcome or other sufficiently definitive resolution.
Qawwali singer Amjad Sabri was shot dead in Karachi in 2016. Ishaq alias Bobby and Asim alias Capri were later convicted by a military court and sentenced to death for his murder and other terrorism offences.
Open case file →Six police officers were killed and 24 personnel were taken hostage during a 2016 Rajanpur operation. Years of appeals ended with major Supreme Court rulings that upheld core murder convictions while acquitting others of murder.
Open case file →Brothers Mughees Sajjad and Muneeb Sajjad were killed by a mob near Sialkot in August 2010 after being falsely branded robbers. A judicial inquiry rejected the robbery allegation, civilian defendants were convicted, and Pakistan's Supreme Court issued final appellate sentencing decisions.
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Imran Ali was convicted after CCTV, DNA and other evidence; the conviction survived appellate review.
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Zahir Jaffer's murder conviction survived High Court and Supreme Court review through June 2026.
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Mumtaz Qadri's murder and terrorism convictions were upheld by Pakistan's Supreme Court.
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Christian brick-kiln workers Shama Bibi and Shahzad Masih were killed by a mob in Punjab in 2014 after an unsubstantiated blasphemy accusation. Trial convictions were progressively overturned, and Pakistan's Supreme Court acquitted the last three convicted defendants in 2026.
Open case file →Investigative journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad disappeared from Islamabad in May 2011 and was found dead two days later. Pakistan's official commission could not identify the perpetrators.
Open case file →Samia Sarwar was shot dead in a Lahore legal-aid office in 1999 while seeking a divorce. The gunman died at the scene, while alleged family instigation was never established by a criminal conviction.
Open case file →Pakistan's federal minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti was shot dead in Islamabad in 2011. Multiple suspects were investigated or charged, but the reviewed judicial record does not establish a final murder conviction.
Open case file →Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar was murdered in Karachi in 2011. Six defendants were convicted in 2014, but later arrests and appeals over sentences imposed in absentia complicated the final procedural status.
Open case file →Javed Iqbal was convicted on 100 murder counts in 2000, but he died in prison while appealing and later proceedings exposed unresolved questions around accomplices and the evidentiary record.
Open case file →Five trial convictions were overturned by the Sindh High Court in 2022; the family challenged the principal acquittal in the Supreme Court, leaving murder responsibility judicially unresolved.
Open case file →The direct attackers died at the scene; military courts later convicted alleged facilitators while significant appellate litigation followed.
Open case file →Shahnawaz Amir was convicted in 2023; appeal proceedings remained active in 2026.
Open case file →Earlier convictions were set aside; Pakistan's Supreme Court acquitted all four accused in 2022.
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Muhammad Waseem was convicted in 2019 and acquitted by the Lahore High Court in 2022; prosecutors challenged the acquittal.
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Dozens were convicted after Mashal Khan was killed following a false allegation; later appellate issues remained active.
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Eighty-eight defendants were convicted in 2022; significant appeals remained active in later reporting.
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The Lahore High Court confirmed capital sentences in 2026; no later Supreme Court merits ruling was verified.
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Original murder convictions were overturned and the Supreme Court upheld the acquittals in 2021.
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The assassination produced acquittals and police-negligence convictions, but the planners and full responsibility remain unresolved.
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Five men received military-court death sentences in 2016, while constitutional challenges remained pending years later.
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Earlier arson convictions were overturned by Pakistan's Supreme Court in June 2026; Sindh filed a review petition challenging the acquittals.
Open case file →Case files prioritize court or government material, established news organizations and reputable documentary sources.
Violence is described only to the degree needed to understand the case, without turning unproven allegations into fact.