On the remission granted by the President, 28 prisoners have been released from district jail Attock on the 60th Independence Day of Pakistan. Superintendent Jail Syed Babar Ali said this while talking to APP here on Tuesday. He said that 18 other prisoners have also been given benefit and their imprisonment has been reduced by 45 days.
Syed Babar Ali said that those who had been convicted on or before August 13 were entitled for the special remission except those convicted for murder, espionage, anti-state activities, zina, sectarianism, kidnapping and terrorist acts.
The prisoners were released from the jail in the evening on August 13 and their relatives received them warmly. He informed that on the Independence Day in the jail Quran Khawani was held, National flag was hoisted and sweets were distributed among the prisoners.