List of Pakistani detainees at Guantanamo Bay

"Hanif Mohammed" redirects here. For the cricketer, see Hanif Mohammad.
Official Guantanamo picture of Zia Ul Shah.

According to the United States Department of Defense, there were five dozen Pakistani detainees in Guantanamo prior to May 15, 2006.[1] 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, the Department of Defense stopped transferring men and boys to Guantanamo. The Supreme Court determined that the detainees had to be given a chance to challenge their detentions in an impartial tribunal.

On September 6, 2006 United States President George W. Bush announced the transfer of 14 high-value detainees from CIA custody to military custody at Guantanamo, including several additional Pakistanis.

On September 7, 2008, Pakistan's Daily Times newspaper quoted Hussain Haqqani, Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, that only five Pakistanis remained in captivity in Guantanamo: Ume Amaar Al Balochi, Majid Khan, Abdul Rabbani, Muhammad Ahmed, Ghulam Rabbani and Saifullah.[2] 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
Dunya Gul 2010-03-09
  • Reported to have spent four years in US custody, and then to have been transferred to Afghan custody.[3]
  • Reports severe torture in both Bagram and Guantanamo.[3]
  • Reportedly only able to return to his home in Pakistan in March 2010.[3]
00010 Abdul Sattar 2002-05-05 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00011 Abdul Satar Nafeesi 2002-01-14 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
  • According to Pakistan's The Nation, Nafeesi reported that he was tortured.[5] He was quoted as saying: "The Americans removed our beards and have been spitting over the holy Book,"
00012 Shabidzada Usman 2002-01-11 2003-05-09
  • Repatriated on 9 May 2003.[4]
  • Mark Bowden, writing in The Philadelphia Inquirer, described traveling to Pakistan to interview Shabidzada and Shah Muhammad, another young Pakistani who was among the first captives to be released.[6] 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.
00014 Zafar Iqbal 2002-01-20 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
  • Iqbal was one of 17 Pakistanis freed from Pakistani custody, approximately seven months after being repatriated from Guantanamo to Pakistan. June 28, 2005.[5]
  • The Daily Times reported that Zafaar Iqbal was from Jhang.[7]
00015 Zia Ul Shah 2002-01-14 2006-10-11
00016 Jamal Muhammad Al-Deen 2002-01-14 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.[4]
00017 Muhammed Ijaz Khan 2002-01-14 2004-09-17
00018 Mohammed Sayed 2002-01-14 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00019 Sha Mohammed Alikhel 2002-01-14 2003-05-09
  • Repatriated on 9 May 2003.[4]
  • Reported being administered powerful psychoactive drugs in captivity.[10] Reported on-going suicidal impulses after release.
00020 Mohammed Isha 2002-01-14 2003-11-18
  • Repatriated on 18 November 2003.[4]
00021 Salah Hudin 2002-01-20 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.[4]
00023 Isa Khan 2002-01-20 2004-09-17
00047 Asad Ullah 2002-01-17 2003-07-16
00085 Munir Bin Naseer 2003-11-30
00097 Tariq Khan 2002-06-16 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.[4]
00098 Hafiz Ihsan Saeed 2002-01-20 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00099 Abdul Raziq 2002-06-16 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.[4]
00100 Mohammed Ashraf 2002-05-05 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
  • Pakistan's Daily Times reports that Mohammed Asharf was born in Khoshab.[7]
  • He spent a further nine months in Pakistani custody upon his repatriation.[5]
00101 Mohammed Irfan 2002-02-09 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00106 Mohammed Raz 2002-02-10 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.[4]
00113 Said Saim Ali 2002-05-05 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00134 Ghaser Zaban Safollah 2002-01-17 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.[4]
00135 Ejaz Ahmad Khan 2002-06-12 2003-11-18
  • Repatriated on 18 November 2003.[4]
00136 Tarik Mohammad 2002-01-15 2003-11-30
  • Repatriated on 30 November 2003.[4]
00137 Mohammed Tariq 2002-01-18 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00138 Salahodin Ayubi 2002-01-18 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
139 Hafice Leqeat Manzu 2002-01-17 2003-11-18
  • Repatriated on 18 November 2003.[4]
00140 Said Saim Ali 2002-01-17 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00141 Haseeb Ayub 2002-01-18 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
  • The US Department of Defense reports that he was born on January 8, 1974, in Budho, Pakistan.[1]
  • He spent a further nine months in Pakistani custody upon his repatriation.[7]
00142 Fazaldad 2002-05-03 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00143 Mohammad Sanghir 2002-01-18 2002-10-28
  • Saghir was one of the first four detainees to be released from Guantanamo.[14]
  • Saghir is suing the United States for $10.4 million for the torture and abuse he reports he endured.[15]
  • Saghir has been frequently sought out for interviews.[16][17]
  • Repatriated on 28 October 2002.[4]
00144 Mohammad Il Yas 2002-01-17 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00145 Hamood Ullah Khan 2002-01-15 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00146 Mohammad Kashef Khan 2002-01-18 2003-07-16
00147 Mohammed Arshad Raza 2002-01-18 2004-09-17
00210 Faik Iqbal 2002-01-21 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.[4]
00247 Kay Fiyatullah 2002-06-12 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00299 Abid Raza 2002-06-12 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
  • Alleged to have traveled to Afghanistan to fight "hindus".[18]
00300 Zahid Sultan 2002-02-07 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00301 Khalil Rahman Hafez 2002-02-08 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00302 Mohamed Ijaz 2002-02-11 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00303 Ali Ahmed 2002-02-12 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.[4]
00304 Mohammed Ansar 2002-02-09 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.[4]
00305 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.[5][7]
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00442 Abdul Mowla 2002-06-12 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.[4]
00444 Jihan Wali 2002-06-12 2003-05-09
  • Repatriated on 9 May 2003.[4]
  • Shah Mohammed, one of the other Pakistani men released at the same time he was, told the BBC that they were given psychoactive drugs, and that Jehan Wali had not spoken for eight months.[19]
00495 Mohammed Rafiq 2002-05-05 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00504 Aminullah Amin 2002-05-03 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00515 Israr Ul Haq 2002-06-12 2004-03-14
  • Repatriated on 14 March 2004.[4]
00524 Mohammed Anwar 2002-05-03 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00529 Bacha Khan 2002-06-16 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00540 Mohammed Omar 2002-10-28 2004-09-17
00541 Mohammed Noman 2002-06-16 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
00542 Mohammad Abas 2002-06-16 2004-03-14
  • Repatriated on 14 March 2004.[4]
00545 Sajin Urayman 2002-06-12 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.[4]
00581 Abdur Sayed Rahaman 2002-06-16 2005-03-11
  • Repatriated on 11 March 2005.[4]
00586 Karam Khamis Sayd Khamsan 2002-05-01 2005-08-19
  • Determined not to be an "enemy combatant" after all.[4][21]
00624 Majid Mehmood 2002-06-12 2003-11-18
  • Repatriated on 18 November 2003.[4]
00634 Ali Mohammed 2002-06-16 2004-03-14
  • Repatriated on 14 March 2004.[4]
00743 Hafez Qari Mohamed Saad Iqbal Madni 2003-03-23 2008-08-31
  • Repatriated on 31 August 2008.[4]
00830 Tila Mohammed Khan 2002-10-28 2003-11-18
  • Repatriated on 18 November 2003.[4]
00842 Sultan Ahmad 2003-02-07 2004-09-17
  • Was minor when captured.[1]
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
  • The Daily Times reported that Sultan Ahmad and sixteen other former captives were released from Pakistani custody on June 28, 2005.[5][7]
00843 Saghir Ahmed 2003-02-07 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
01005 Bashir Ahmad 2003-05-09 2004-09-17
  • Described horrific abuse in Sheberghan Prison, Bagram and Guantanamo.[22][23]
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
  • The Daily Times reported that Bashir Ahmed and sixteen other former captives were released from Pakistani custody on June 28, 2005.[5][7]
01006 Mohammed Irfan 2003-05-09 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
01007 Abdul Halim Sadiqi 2003-05-09 2006-10-11
  • Repatriated on 11 October 2006.[4]
01011 Mohammed Akbar 2003-05-09 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.[4]
01094 Saifullah Paracha
01460 Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani 2004-09-20
01461 Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani 2004-09-20
10018 Ammar al-Baluchi
10020 Majid Khan 2006-09-06
10024 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 2006-09-06
  • Was held in the CIA's black sites 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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  1. ^ Countries of Citizenship of Guantanamo detainees from the New York Times