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Reports
Economic, Social and Cultural Causes of the Death Penalty and Torture in Pakistan
OMCT and Justice Project Pakistan submitted a joint report on Pakistan ahead of the 61th session of May-June 2017.
In December 2014, following the tragic terrorist attack on the Army Public School in Peshawer, the Government of Pakistan lifted a 6 year moratorium on the death penalty. Initially lifted to apply to terrorism related offences, the moratorium was lifted for all capital offenses in March 2015. In a span of less than two years the Government of Pakistan has executed over 405 prisoners, thereby becoming the 3rd most frequent executioner in the world.
In December 2014, following the tragic terrorist attack on the Army Public School in Peshawer, the Government of Pakistan lifted a 6 year moratorium on the death penalty. Initially lifted to apply to terrorism related offences, the moratorium was lifted for all capital offenses in March 2015. In a span of less than two years the Government of Pakistan has executed over 405 prisoners, thereby becoming the 3rd most frequent executioner in the world.