President approves special remission for prisoners on Independence Day

ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi on Saturday approved remission for prisoners on the occasion of Pakistan’s Independence Day, said a statement from the Presidency.

“Sentences would be commuted for those male prisoners who are aged 65 or above or those who have served at least one-third of their sentence. Women prisoners aged 60 or above or those who have served at least one-third of their sentence will be released,” said the statement.

Prisoners aged under 18 who have served at least one-third of their sentence would also be released.

However, the remission will not apply to those convicted of capital punishment, espionage, rape, bank robbery, anti-state activities, adultery, kidnapping and robbery.

The sentences are being reduced under Article 45 of the Constitution.

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