A notification issued by the Ministry of Interior said that President Pervez Musharraf, exercising his prerogative under Article 45 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973 and on the advice of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, has granted special remission in sentences according to the following schedule;
Special remission of 90 days to the prisoners convicted for life imprisonment except those convicted for murder, espionage, anti-state activities, sectarianism, zina (Sec 10 offence of zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979 (also under Sec 377 PPC), robbery (Sec 394 PPC), dacoity (Sec 395-396 PPC), kidnapping/abduction (Sec 364-A & 365-A), and terrorist acts (as defined in the Anti-Terrorism (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1999, (No XIII of 1999).
Special remission for 45 days to all other convicts except the condemned prisoners and also except those convicted of murder, espionage, subversion, anti-state activities, terrorist act, Zina, kidnapping/abduction, robbery, dacoity and those undergoing sentences under the Foreigners Act, 1946.
Total remission to female prisoners who are 60 years of age or above and have undergone at least 1/3rd of their sentence of imprisonment, except those involved in culpable homicide and those involved in terrorist acts. Those convicted in cases processed by NAB will not be entitled to any remission.