KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has granted special remission of 120 days to all the convicted prisoners languishing in the provincial prisons on the occasion of Eidul Fitr.

According to a notification issued on Monday, the CM approved a summary floated by the home department on the request of the inspector general of prisons & corrections service regarding grant of four-month special remission to all the convicted prisoners.

However, the condemned prisoners convicted of murder, espionage, acts of subversion, anti-state and terrorist activities, rape, kidnapping, robbery, dacoity were not entitled to the remission, the notification said, adding that those undergoing sentences under the Foreigners Act 1946, Control of Narcotic Substances Act and those convicted in cases of financial embezzlement and causing loss to the exchequer were also not entitled.

The CM is empowered to grant special remission for a period not exceeding 120 days in one year under the prison rules.

Published in Dawn, April 9th, 2024