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FIGURE 3: OFFENCES FOR WHICH DEATH ROW PRISONERS IN PAKISTAN WERE
SENTENCED TO DEATH
The table below provides a breakdown of offences for which those on death row in
Pakistan were sentenced to death and lists whether the prisoner was also charged with
any terrorist offence under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997, or its predecessors.
Prisoners tried as terrorists
(% of total prisoners)
Prisoners tried in ordinary
courts (% of total prisoners)
215 (3.13)%
5,857 (85.23%)
485 (7.06%)
N/A
22 (0.32%)
16 (0.23%)
77 (1.12%)
N/A
9 (0.13%)
40 (0.58%)
0
1 (0.01%)
1 (0.01%)
63 (0.91%)
1 (0.01%)
11 (0.16%)
1 (0.01%)
16 (0.23%)
Data not available
5 (0.07%)
42 (0.61%)
OTHER
2 12 (0.03%)
5 13 + 3 14 (0.12%)
TOTAL
818 (11.90%)
6,054 (88.10%)
Offence
Lethal offences
No terrorism charge
Lethal offences
With terrorism charge
Kidnap
No terrorism charge
Kidnap
With terrorism charge
Rape/zina
No terrorism charge
Robbery
No terrorism charge
Narcotics offences
No terrorism charge
Blasphemy
No terrorism charge
Military offences
No terrorism charge
MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THOSE TRIED AS TERRORISTS ARE, ON
THE DATA HELD BY THE PRISON, NOT LISTED AS HAVING
BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY TERRORIST OFFENCE UNDER
THE ANTI-TERRORISM ACT