KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr has awarded 60 days remission to all the prisoners undergoing life sentence and in other cases.He also ordered release of the prisoners qualifying for remission before Eid so that they could celebrate it with their families.
The 60 days remission awarded by Sindh Chief minister shall benefit 3,613 prisoners and of them over 100 would be released from different jails.
The chief minister during his visit to Central Prison Karachi on May 28, 2019 had directed the Home department to dispatch him a reference regarding award of special remission to the convicted prisoners languishing in Sindh prisons.
Therefore, the Home department sent a summary to the chief minister for remission which he approved nowadays.The special remission approved by the chief minister under Law 216 of Pakistan Prisons Laws, 1978 in the sentences of imprisonment for different categories.
They are as follows: Special remission of 60 days for all convicts, apart from the sentenceed prisoners and apart from those convicted of murder, espionage, subversion, anti-state activities, terrorismist activities, Zina, robbery, dacoity and those undergoing sentences under foreign Act, 1946, if they have undergone two third of their substantive sentence of imprisonment.Special remission of 60 days for all the convicts of life imprisonment, apart from those convicted for murder, espionage, anti-terrorismism, anti-state activities, sectarianism, zina, robbery, dacoity, kidnapping/abduction and terrorismism acts, if they have undergone two third of their substantive sentences of imprisonment.
Special remission of 60 days per year from the date of sentence for male prisoners who are 65 years of age or above and have undergone at least one third of their substantive sentence, apart from those involved in culpable murder and those involved in terrorismist acts, as defined in the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.
Special remission of 60 days per year from the date of sentence for male prisoners who are 60 years of age or above and have undergone at least one third of their sentence apart from those involved in culpable murder and those involved in terrorismist acts.
Special remission of 60 days per year from the date of sentence for female prisoners who are 60 years of age or above and have undergone at least one third of their sentence apart from those involved in culpable murder and terrorismist act.Special remission of 60 days per year from the date of sentence for female prisoners who are accompanying children and are serving sentence of imprisonment for crimes, apart from those who are convicted on charges of culpable murder and terrorismist acts.Special remission of 60 days per year from the date of sentence for juvenile convicts (under 18 years of age) who have served one third of their substantive sentence, apart from those in culpable murder, terrorismist acts, zina, robbery, dacoity, kidnapping/abduction and anti-state activitiesTheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source.
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