Sentences completed: SC orders release of foreign prisoners
Board reviewes records of the prisoners and directed the ministry to release them.
LAHORE:
A Review Board of the Supreme Court on Saturday directed the Ministry of Interior to release six foreigners who had mistakenly crossed the border in Pakistan and have completed their sentences. These foreigners belong to India, Bangladesh and South Africa. The ministry produced 32 foreign prisoners who had mistakenly entered Pakistan and were arrested. Officials said six of them had completed their sentences. The board reviewed records of the prisoners and directed the ministry to release them. The board also directed ministry officials to submit details of the remaining prisoners at the next hearing.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 26th, 2014.
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