Distt jail Superintendent lauds philanthropists.

FAISALABAD -- Donation to pay fine for poor prisoners who have completed their sentence is a tantamount to release a slave and in this connection, the spirit of local philanthropists is highly appreciable, said Superintendent District Jail Faisalabad Chaudhry Ali Akbar. He was addressing a function in Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI). Representative of All Pakistan Bed-sheets and Upholstery Manufacturers Association (APBUMA) Capt (Retd) Farooq handed over huge amount for the release of poor prisoners who have already completed their sentence but were languishing in the jail due to nonpayment of fine.

The Jail Superintendent said that it was a routine practice that every year huge donations were collected to pay fine of jail inmates so that they could spend their 'Eid' with their families. Appreciating the goodwill gestures, the jail superintendent said that most of the people pay heavy donations without even giving their identity.

He said that poor persons were sometimes forced to commit petty crimes and later they had to undergo prison. In most of such cases, they complete their sentence but could not have enough money to pay their fines which become a major hurdle in their release even after completing their required sentence. Chaudhry...