Sindh govt announces 180 days remission for 405 prisoners of Sukkur range on Eid

Fareed Soomro
SUKKUR: The Sindh government, for the eve of Eidul Fitr, has granted special remission of 180 days to 1,200 convicted prisoners confined in various prisons of the province. The special remission – given on the recommendation of the inspector general of prisons – is not for condemned prisoners or those convicted of murder, espionage, subversion, anti-state activities, terrorist activities, kidnapping/abduction and dacoity. Those undergoing sentences under the Foreigners Act, 1946 will also not be granted remission. The number of prisoners who will benefit from the remission includes 233 from Sukkur,
101 from Larkana, 63 from Khairpur,
4, from the Special Prison for Women Sukkur, and one from Industrial School Sukkur.