While the Supreme Court stayed Mohammad's execution after scheduling a hearing for April 22, a black warrant was issued scheduling his execution for April 19. On May 10, Mohammad Sarfraz was executed. Such practices, while unlawful under Pakistani law,281 are widespread. In Pakistan, the lack of comprehensive intervention on behalf of persons condemned to die in violation of international law results in further suffering of these prisoners. With each new black warrant, prisoners and their families are subjected to renewed trauma. Shafqat Hussain's execution was stayed four times over the course of six months, in large part because of significant pressure from human rights groups and the international community. With each stay, he was made to change into white clothes and moved to a different part of the prison in preparation for what he believed to be imminent death. Shafqat described the harrowing psychological torture that attends protracted time on death row: [T]he four black warrants that I have received. . . have destroyed me. . . [After the stay in January] I was ecstatic. . . That stay came 2-3 days before my execution so it was a relief. But the second stay that I got just hours before my execution...I just cannot explain how that felt. It was just torture and it happened so close to the time of my execution. . . At one point I am told I am to die; the next thing I know is there is a stay. And I see a ray of hope. But then again I am told I am going to die. You become a victim of psychological pressure. . .. [On the day of the execution:] They came and took my measurements for the clothes I had to wear when hung. They took my temperature and weight and gave me soap and special instructions on how to shower. The maulvi came and made me recite the qalma 6 times as well. They even measured my neck...it was so unreal. I was like a ghost; I had no idea what to think or say or do. When the stay came, I had no idea how to feel. Just two days before I had met Faisal and Afzal [two fellow prisoners ultimately hanged] before they were taken to the gallows. I cannot explain to you what that feeling was. I was so scared. And then two days later I had to start thinking about my own execution. . . I had not slept or eaten in three to four days. My face was swollen; I had no idea what they were asking me or what answers I was giving them. I was in a daze. On August 4, 2015, Pakistani authorities hanged Shafqat. At the time of his death, Shafqat, who was 14 at the time of his arrest in 2004, had spent nearly half his life on death row. A “MOST SERIOUS CRIME”: PAKISTAN'S UNLAWFUL USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY 39