Pakistani captives in Guantanamo
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According to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Department of Defense, there were five dozen Pakistan detainees in Guantanamo prior to May 15, 2006.
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp was opened on January 11, 2002.
In the summer of 2004, following the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush
Rasul v. Bush
Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S. 466 , is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision establishing that the U.S. court system has the authority to decide whether foreign nationals held in Guantanamo Bay were wrongfully imprisoned...

, the Department of Defense stopped transferring men and boys to Guantanamo.
On September 6, 2006 United States President George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

 announced the transfer of 14 high value detainees to Guantanamo, including several additional Pakistanis.

On September 7, 2008
Pakistan's Daily Times
quoted Hussain Haqqani,
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, stating
that only five Pakistanis remained in captivity in Guantanamo:
Ume Amaar Al Balochi, Majid Khan, Abdul Rabbani, Muhammad Ahmed, Ghulam Rabbani
Ghulam Rabbani
Ghulam Rabbani may refer to:* Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani, Pakistani citizen held by the US military at the Guantanamo camps in Cuba* Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani, Pakistani citizen held by the US military at the Guantanamo camps in Cuba...

 and Saifullah.
A sixth man, Qari Muhammad Saeed was reported to have been released on August 29, 2008.

Pakistanis detainees in Guantanamo

Pakistani detainees
isn name arrival date release date notes
Hamesh Gul
  • Reported to have spent four years in US custody, and then to have been transferred to Afghan custody.
  • Reports severe torture in both Bagram
    Bagram Theater Internment Facility
    The Parwan Detention Facility , also called the Bagram Theater Internment Facility, is a United States-run prison located next to Bagram Airfield in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan.It was formerly known as the Bagram Collection Point...

     and Guantanamo.
  • Reportedly only able to return to his home in Pakistan in March 2010.
10 Abdul Sattar
Abdul Sattar (Guantanamo detainee 10)
Abdul Sattar is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 10....

 
2002-05-05 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 11 Abdul Satar Nafeesi 2002-01-14 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • According to Pakistan's The Nation Nafeesi reported that he was tortured. He was quoted as saying: “The Americans removed our beards and have been spitting over the holy Book,”
  • 12 Shabidzada Usman 2002-01-11 2003-05-09
  • Repatriated on 9 May 2003.
  • Mark Bowden
    Mark Bowden
    Not to be confused with Mark Bowden, U.N. Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative for Somalia.Mark Robert Bowden is an American writer and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he is a 1973 graduate of Loyola University Maryland...

    , writing in the Philadelphia Inquirer, described traveling to Pakistan to interview Shabidzada and Shah Muhammad
    Shah Muhammad
    Sha Mohammed Alikhel is a Pakistani who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.On 8 May 2003 Muhammad was released at the same time as two other Pakistanis,Jehan Wali and Sahibzada Usman Ali...

    , another young Pakistani who was among the first captives to be released. Bowden described being met by "warmth and elaborate courtesy" by the two released men, who he described as "uneducated, unworldly, and dirt poor". Bowden believed their accounts that they were rounded up and sold to the Americans by undiscriminating warlords, for a bounty, who didn't care if they were innocent.
  • 14 Zafar Iqbal 2002-01-20 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • Iqbal was one of 17 Pakistanis freed from Pakistani custody, approximately seven months after being repatriated from Guantanamo to Pakistan.June 28, 2005.
  • The Daily Times reported that Zafaar Iqbal was from Jhang.
  • 15 Zia Ul Shah
    Zia Ul Shah
    Shah chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.The following factors favor continued detentionThe following primary factors favor release or transfer-McClatchy News Service interview:...

     
    2002-01-14 2006-10-11
  • Repatriated on 11 October 2006.
  • One of 66 former detainees interviewed by the McClatchy News Service.
  • 16 Jamal Muhammad Al-Deen 2002-01-14 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
  • 17 Muhammed Ijaz Khan
    Muhammed Ijaz Khan
    Muhammed Ijaz Khan is a citizen of Pakistan, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba...

     
    2002-01-14 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • First detainee to attend a Combatant Status Review Tribunal
    Combatant Status Review Tribunal
    The Combatant Status Review Tribunals were a set of tribunals for confirming whether detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp had been correctly designated as "enemy combatants". The CSRTs were established July 7, 2004 by order of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense...

     to be repatriated.
  • 18 Mohammed Sayed  2002-01-14 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 19 Sha Mohammed Alikhel  2002-01-14 2003-05-09
  • Repatriated on 9 May 2003.
  • Reported being administered powerful psychoactive drugs in captivity. Reported on-going suicidal impulses after release.
  • 20 Mohammed Ishaq  2002-01-14 2003-11-18
  • Repatriated on 18 November 2003.
  • 21 Salah Hudin  2002-01-20 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
  • 23 Isa Khan  2002-01-20 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • One of 66 former detainees interviewed by the McClatchy News Service.
  • 47 Asad Ullah
    Asadullah Jan
    Asadullah Jan is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 47.Joint Task Force -- Guantanamo analysts estimate he was born in 1981...

     
    2002-01-17 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
  • One of 66 former captives interviewed by the McClatchy News Service.
  • 85 Munir Bin Naseer
    Munir Bin Naseer
    Munir Naseer is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 85.He was repatriated on 30 November 2003....

     
    2003-11-30
  • Repatriated on 30 November 2003.
  • One of 66 former captives interviewed by the McClatchy News Service.
  • 97 Tariq Khan
    Tariq Khan (Guantanamo detainee)
    Tariq Khan is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.He arrived in Guantanamo on June 16, 2002.He was repatriated on 16 July 2003.-McClatchy News Service interview:...

     
    2002-06-16 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
  • 98 Hafiz Ihsan Saeed
    Hafiz Ihsan Saeed
    Hafiz Ihsan Saeed is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo detainee ID number was 98....

     
    2002-01-20 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 99 Abdul Raziq  2002-06-16 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
  • 100 Mohammed Ashraf  2002-05-05 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • Pakistan's Daily Times reports that Mohammed Asharf was born in Khoshab.
  • He spent a further nine months in Pakistani custody upon his repatriation.
  • 101 Mohammed Irfan (Guantanamo detainee 101)  2002-02-09 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 106 Mohammed Raz  2002-02-10 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
  • 113 Said Saim Ali  2002-05-05 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 134 Ghaser Zaban Safollah  2002-01-17 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
  • 135 Ejaz Ahmad Khan
    Ejaz Ahmad Khan
    Ejaz Ahmad Khan is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.He was repatriated on 11 November 2003.-McClatchy News Service interview:...

     
    2002-06-12 2003-11-18
  • Repatriated on 18 November 2003.
  • 136 Tarik Mohammad  2002-01-15 2003-11-30
  • Repatriated on 30 November 2003.
  • 137 Mohammed Tariq  2002-01-18 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 138 Salahodin Ayubi  2002-01-18 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 139 Hafice Leqeat Manzu  2002-01-17 2003-11-18
  • Repatriated on 18 November 2003.
  • 140 Said Saim Ali  2002-01-17 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 141 Haseeb Ayub  2002-01-18 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • The US Department of Defense reports that he was born on January 8, 1974, in Budho, Pakistan.
  • He spent a further nine months in Pakistani custody upon his repatriation.
  • 142 Fazaldad  2002-05-03 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 143 Mohammad Sanghir  2002-01-18 2002-10-28
  • Saghir was one the first four detainees to be released from Guantanamo.
  • Saghir is suing the United States for $10.4 million dollars for the torture and abuse he reports he endured.
  • Saghir has been frequently sought out for interviews.
  • Repatriated on 28 October 2002.
  • 144 Mohammad Il Yas  2002-01-17 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 145 Hamood Ullah Khan  2002-01-15 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 146 Mohammad Kashef Khan  2002-01-18 2003-07-16
    147 Mohammed Arshad Raza  2002-01-18 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • American intelligence analysts estimate that he was born in 1980, in Bahawal Nagar, Pakistan.
  • He spent a further nine months in Pakistani custody upon his repatriation.
  • 210 Faik Iqbal  2002-01-21 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
  • 247 Kay Fiyatullah  2002-06-12 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 299 Abid Raza
    Abid Raza
    -Testimony:Raza chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a five page Summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal....

     
    2002-06-12 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • Alleged to have traveled to Afghanistan to fight "hindu
    Hindu
    Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...

    s".
  • 300 Zahid Sultan  2002-02-07 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 301 Khalil Rahman Hafez
    Khalil Rahman Hafez
    Khalil Rahman Hafez is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 301....

     
    2002-02-08 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 302 Mohamed Ijaz  2002-02-11 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 303 Ali Ahmed (Guantanamo detainee 303)  2002-02-12 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
  • 304 Mohammed Ansar  2002-02-09 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
  • 305 Hanif Mohammed  2002-02-17 2004-09-17
  • Was one of 17 Pakistanis freed from Pakistani custody, approximately seven months after being repatriated from Guantanamo to Pakistan.June 28, 2005.
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 442 Abdul Mowla  2002-06-12 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
  • 444 Jihan Wali  2002-06-12 2003-05-09
  • Repatriated on 9 May 2003.
  • Shah Mohammed, one of the other Pakistani men released at the same time he was, told the BBC
    BBC
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     that they were given psychoactive drugs, and that Jehan Wali had not spoken for eight months.
  • 495 Mohammed Rafiq (Guantanamo detainee 495)  2002-05-05 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 504 Aminullah Amin
    Aminullah Amin
    Aminullah Aminwas held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 504.Aminulla Amin was transferred to Pakistan on September 17, 2004.-Role in the Taliban:...

     
    2002-05-03 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 515 Israr Ul Haq
    Israr ul Haq
    Israr ul Haq is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 515.He was repatriated on 14 March 2004....

     
    2002-06-12 2004-03-14
  • Repatriated on 14 March 2004.
  • 524 Mohammed Anwar  2002-05-03 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 529 Bacha Khan (Guantanamo detainee 529)  2002-06-16 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 540 Mohammed Omar (Guantanamo detainee 540)  2002-10-28 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • One of 66 former captives interviewed by the McClatchy News Service.
  • 541 Mohammed Noman  2002-06-16 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 542 Mohammad Abas  2002-06-16 2004-03-14
  • Repatriated on 14 March 2004.
  • 545 Sajin Urayman  2002-06-12 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
  • 581 Abdur Sayed Rahaman
    Abdur Sayed Rahaman
    Abdur Sayed Rahaman is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba....

     
    2002-06-16 2005-03-11
  • Repatriated on 11 March 2005.
  • 586 Karam Khamis Sayd Khamsan
    Karam Khamis Sayd Khamsan
    Karam Khamis Sayd Khamsan is a citizen of Yemen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba....

     
    2002-05-01 2005-08-19
  • Determined not to be an "enemy combatant" after all.
  • 624 Majid Mehmood  2002-06-12 2003-11-18
  • Repatriated on 18 November 2003.
  • 634 Ali Mohammed  2002-06-16 2004-03-14
  • Repatriated on 14 March 2004.
  • 743 Hafez Qari Mohamed Saad Iqbal Madni
    Hafez Qari Mohamed Saad Iqbal Madni
    -Transcript:The Department of Defense published a 13 summarized transcript from his 2004 CSR Tribunal.-Testimony:Madni told his Tribunal that he was wearing the orange jumpsuit that non-compliant captives were made to wear because of a suicide attempt he had made on the 191st day of his...

     
    2003-03-23 2008-08-31
  • Repatriated on 31 August 2008.
  • 830 Tila Mohammed Khan  2002-10-28 2003-11-18
  • Repatriated on 18 November 2003.
  • 842 Sultan Ahmad
    Sultan Ahmad (Guantanamo detainee 842)
    Sultan Ahmad is a citizen of Pakistan held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 842....

     
    2003-02-07 2004-09-17
  • Was minor when captured.
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • The Daily Times reported that Sultan Ahmad and sixteen other former captives were released from Pakistani custody on June 28, 2005.
  • 843 Saghir Ahmed  2003-02-07 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 1005 Bashir Ahmad
    Bashir Ahmad (Guantanamo detainee 1005)
    Bashir Ahmad was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 1005American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1975, in Chah Kote Wala, Pakistan....

     
    2003-05-09 2004-09-17
  • Described horrific abuse in Sheberghan Prison
    Sheberghan Prison
    The Sheberghan Prison is a prison in northern Afghanistan.Following the battle of Qali-Jangi in Mazari Sharif General Dostum sent many of the surviving captives to Sheberghan Prison.He is reported to have sent them in industrial shipping containers....

    , Bagram
    Bagram Theater Internment Facility
    The Parwan Detention Facility , also called the Bagram Theater Internment Facility, is a United States-run prison located next to Bagram Airfield in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan.It was formerly known as the Bagram Collection Point...

     and Guantanamo.
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • The Daily Times reported that Bashir Ahmed and sixteen other former captives were released from Pakistani custody on June 28, 2005.
  • 1006 Mohammed Irfan  2003-05-09 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 1007 Abdul Halim Sadiqi
    Abdul Halim Sadiqi
    Abdul Halim Sadiqi is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba....

     
    2003-05-09 2006-10-11
  • Repatriated on 11 October 2006.
  • 1011 Mohammed Akbar  2003-05-09 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • 1018 Ammar al-Baluchi 
    1094 Saifullah Paracha
    Saifullah Paracha
    Saifullah Paracha is a citizen of Pakistan currently held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.The Department of Defense reports that Paracha was born on August 17, 1947,in Mongwal, Pakistan....

     
    1460 Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani
    Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani
    Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani is a citizen of Pakistan currently held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.American Intelligence analysts estimated that Rabbani was born in 1969....

     
    2004-09-20
  • Was held in the CIA's dark prison prior to transfer to Guantanamo.
  • 1461 Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani
    Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani
    Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani is a citizen of Pakistan currently held by the United States military at Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp.American Intelligence analysts estimated that Rabbani was born in 1970, in al Medinah, Saudi Arabia....

     
    2004-09-20
  • Was held in the CIA's dark prison prior to transfer to Guantanamo.
  • 10020 Majid Khan  2006-09-06
  • Was held in the CIA's black site
    Black site
    In military terminology, a black site is a location at which an unacknowledged black project is conducted. Recently, the term has gained notoriety in describing secret prisons operated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency , generally outside of U.S. territory and legal jurisdiction. It...

    s prior to transfer to Guantanamo.
  • 10024 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed  2006-09-06
  • Was held in the CIA's black site
    Black site
    In military terminology, a black site is a location at which an unacknowledged black project is conducted. Recently, the term has gained notoriety in describing secret prisons operated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency , generally outside of U.S. territory and legal jurisdiction. It...

    s prior to transfer to Guantanamo.
  • Was waterboarded in CIA custody
  • Confessed to a role in practically every terrorist attack of the last fifteen years.
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