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| President remits amputation sentence of three |
| 2009-04-25 |
| ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday remitted the sentences of three prisoners, who had been sentenced to amputation of a hand and a leg, under article 45 of the Constitution. According to a statement issued by presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar, the president ordered the remission on the advice of the prime minister, on clemency petitions filed by Muhammad Ashraf, Zafar Ali and Khalid Javaid. The three convicts are currently confined in District Jail Sargodha. The petitioners were sentenced by a special court in Lahore on November 11, 1992. The execution of the sentence was suspended by the then president on June 1, 1994. Article 45 of the Constitution provides that the president shall have power to grant pardon, reprieve and respite, and to remit, suspend or commute any sentence passed by any court, tribunal or other authority |
| Posted by:john frum |