Islamabad:
Pakistan’s use of the demise penalty is among the many harshest on the planet, accounting for 26 per cent of the worldwide demise row inhabitants, in accordance with information launched by a non-profit group on Thursday.
A complete of 6,161 prisoners had been on demise row in 2024, up from the 6,039 reported in 2023, authorized motion group Justice Undertaking Pakistan (JPP) mentioned in its annual report. The quantity contrasted with the sooner developments when the demise row inhabitants stood at 3,226 in 2022.
The Lahore-based NGO issued the third version of its annual report known as Loss of life Penalty in Pakistan: Knowledge Mapping Capital Punishment, commemorating the twenty second World Day Towards the Loss of life Penalty.
The best variety of such prisoners was within the Punjab province at 2,505, adopted by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province at 2,311. The JPP information additionally confirmed that Pakistan’s use of the demise penalty is among the many harshest on the planet, accounting for 26 per cent of the world’s demise row inhabitants, 13 per cent of world executions, and 14 per cent of worldwide demise sentences.
Since 2004, Pakistan has handed out not less than 4,500 demise sentences, a mean of 1 per day. Each seventh particular person sentenced to demise globally and each eighth particular person executed on the planet is a Pakistani, in accordance with the JPP.
Pakistan was ranked as “one of many highest customers of the demise penalty globally” which is a “sobering statistic”, highlighting “the pressing want for reform”, the report mentioned.
It mentioned that Pakistan has not carried out capital punishment since December 2019, however “stays one of the vital prolific customers of capital punishment, with over 31 crimes punishable by demise.” The NGO invited policymakers, advocates, and most of the people to have interaction with the information as a part of a broader dialogue on justice reform.
“The report not solely presents a statistical overview of demise row prisoners but in addition delves into the underlying points inside Pakistan’s legal justice system that perpetuate using capital punishment,” the JPP mentioned.
It mentioned the NGO seeks to “amplify the person tales behind these statistics, highlighting the customarily ignored human toll of state-sanctioned executions.”
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