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PART II
PAKISTAN’S DEATH ROW - IN FIGURES
JPP and Reprieve have obtained data, dating up to December 2012, on the
prisoners held on death row in Pakistan’s four provinces: Balochistan, Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa (‘KPK’), Punjab and Sindh. 10 Together, these regions comprise
approximately 94% of Pakistan’s population.
This is the first time that such comprehensive data on Pakistan’s death row
population has been obtained and analysed. It has allowed JPP and Reprieve a
ground-breaking insight into the men, women, and sometimes even children, who
comprise Pakistan’s death row.
It should be noted that the figure of 6,872 represents those prisoners for whom we
were able to obtain individual data. We believe that the total number of prisoners
on death row in the country is even higher, and is likely in excess of 8,000. 11
FIGURE 1: NUMBER OF PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW IN PAKISTAN
The table below shows the total number of prisoners (i.e. both those tried as terrorists
and those tried in ordinary courts) on death row in Pakistan.
Province
Total number of prisoners
(% of Pakistan total)
Balochistan
89 (1.30%)
KPK
183 (2.66%)
Punjab
6,269 (91.22%)
Sindh
331 (4.82%)
TOTAL
6,872
THE PROVINCE OF PUNJAB ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN 90% OF
PAKISTAN’S DEATH ROW POPULATION