Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced one-month remission in the sentences of the prisoners across the province.
According to the notification, the government has given one remission to convicted prisoners in their jail terms.
The remission does not apply to those convicted for murder, espionage, anti-state activities, sectarianism, adultery, robbery, dacoity, kidnapping, culpable homicide and terrorists acts and also those undergoing sentences under the Foreigners Act, 1946.
The chief minister Hamza Shahbaz congratulated the prisoners and their families over remission in their sentences and expressed hope that the relief in jail term will improve their lives.
Hundreds of prisoners will get relief and several of them will be released from jails after the announcement of relief.
