Pakistan: Further information on: Death Penalty: Mohammad Ameen

Index Number: ASA 33/016/2005
Date Published: 20 June 2005
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Pakistan

Mohammad Ameen's family are negotiating with the family of the man he was convicted of murdering, with a view to arranging payment of compensation to secure his release. Under Pakistan's law of Qisas Diyat (retribution/compensation), anyone sentenced to death for murder may be pardoned if the victim's family agree to accept payment in this way.