ISLAMABAD: On the occasion of Eidul Fitr, President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday approved the granting of special remission in the jail terms of prisoners convicted under different cases, DawnNews reported.

Special remission of 90 days has been announced for the prisoners sentenced for life imprisonment except those convicted for murder, espionage, anti-state activities, sectarianism, zina, robbery, dacoity, kidnapping or abduction and terrorist activities.

Special remission for 45 days has been allowed to all other convicts, except condemned prisoners and those convicted of murder, espionage, subversion, anti-state activities, terrorist activities, zina, kidnapping or abduction, robbery, dacoity and those undergoing sentences under the Foreigners Act 1946.

Special remission for all such cases will be admissible provided the convicts have undergone two-thirds of their substantive sentences of imprisonment.