London: Pakistan is emerging as one of the world's most prolific executioners after carrying out 150 death penalties in the last six months, amid concerns that many of those on death row gave false confessions under torture, a human rights group said.

According to Reprieve, the figure pitted the Islamic Republic far ahead of countries like Saudi Arabia, which executed 90 people, and the United States, which carried out 14 death sentences in the same period.