Pakistan 2001
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Pakistan in 2001
- JULY 31, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)...
The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to investigate whether the death sentence given to Rehmat Shah Afridi, the owner and chief editor of a Pakistan daily on charges of drug trafficking was politic
- JULY 20, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Oman sentenced two Pakistanis to death for drug dealing...
Oman sentenced two Pakistanis to death for drug dealing and machineguns possession
- JULY 16, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Loya Jirga [assembly of elders] of North Waziristan...
A Loya Jirga [assembly of elders] of North Waziristan tribesman at Ladha Tehsil ordered the execution of an Afghan accused of murder
- JULY 2, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence handed down to owner of The Frontier...
The death sentence handed down to owner of The Frontier Post newspaper Rehmat Shah Afridi aroused only a muted reaction in the Pakistani press
- JUNE 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), an international press...
Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), an international press rights group, condemned the sentencing to death of a Pakistan newspaper editor on drugs charges, calling it an attempt to gag him for his critical reports
- JUNE 27, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Rehmat Shah Afridi, owner of The Frontier Post was...
Rehmat Shah Afridi, owner of The Frontier Post was sentenced to death on drug smuggling charges
- MAY 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Sher Khan, alias Khapra, was given the death sentence...
Sher Khan, alias Khapra, was given the death sentence on six counts of murder
- MAY 7, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Omani court sentenced two [unidentified] Pakistani...
An Omani court sentenced two [unidentified] Pakistani men to death for smuggling one tonne of hashish into the Gulf Arab state
- MAY 5, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Liaqat Ali, a condemned prisoner of Faqir Walli, Bahawal...
Liaqat Ali, a condemned prisoner of Faqir Walli, Bahawal Nagar district, should be hanged in Faisalabad District Jail on May 8
- APRIL 25, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan voted against the resolution on the death...
Pakistan voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001 (2001/68)
- APRIL 5, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence issued to a Pakistani who tried...
The death sentence issued to a Pakistani who tried to sell Dh4 million worth of hashish to an undercover policeman has been upheld by the Dubai Court of Cassation
- FEBRUARY 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, a Pakistani Islamic activist, was...
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, a Pakistani Islamic activist, was hanged for the killing of an Iranian official in 1990
- FEBRUARY 24, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Jabbar alias Zafar and Shafiq alias Pappu, have...
Abdul Jabbar alias Zafar and Shafiq alias Pappu, have appealed their sentences
- FEBRUARY 17, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Jabbar and Shafiq, were sentenced to death for...
Abdul Jabbar and Shafiq, were sentenced to death for spying for India by an anti terrorism court
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man was executed in the sea port city of...
A Pakistani man was executed in the sea port city of Jedah for stabbing to death his Afghan wife
- JANUARY 31, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani national, Murad Bkhit was executed in Oman...
A Pakistani national, Murad Bkhit was executed in Oman for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 30, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Lodhi, 43, a businessman Pakistani national,...
Mohammed Lodhi, 43, a businessman Pakistani national, is fighting in United Kingdom extradition to the United Arab Emirates where he faces a death sentence, possibly by crucifixion, if extradited
- JANUARY 30, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Seven journalists face the death penalty for blasphemy...
Seven journalists face the death penalty for blasphemy after Pakistan's military regime closed down an English-language newspaper for publishing a `highly sacrilegious' reader's letter
- JANUARY 25, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan executed four men who had been sentenced to...
Pakistan executed four men who had been sentenced to death for the 1991 murders of seven people
- JANUARY 16, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The government has promulgated the Juvenile Justice...
The government has promulgated the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance 2000, which prohibits death penalty for a child under 18 years of age
- JANUARY 13, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdel-Rahim Shah Qulshawal, a Pakistani national was...
Abdel-Rahim Shah Qulshawal, a Pakistani national was beheaded for heroin smuggling in the town of Al-Khobar
- JANUARY 8, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man and a Pakistani...
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man and a Pakistani for smuggling heroin
- JANUARY 1, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In the year 2001 (till November) 45 people were executed...
In the year 2001 (till November) 45 people were executed and the country's death row population was raised by another 591 convicts
- JANUARY 1, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Under the Islamic Hudd Ordinance of 1979, death is...
Under the Islamic Hudd Ordinance of 1979, death is the only punishment for those found guilty of gang rapes involving at least two or more perpetrators
- JANUARY 1, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani judges handed down a total of more than 4,000...
Pakistani judges handed down a total of more than 4,000 death sentences, in trials that international rights groups complain were often miscarriages of justice
- JANUARY 1, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes, including...
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes, including robbery, hijacking, arms trading, drug trafficking, rape, and capital offenses, under Shari'a Law, introduced with governmental decrees, such as sexual relations between partners not married to ea
- JANUARY 1, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000, remained...
The Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000, remained largely unimplemented