...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money...’s Orders to release Paks imprisoned in Afghanistan on humanitarian grounds, Pakistain is grateful for the "goodwill Gesture"
Afghanistan's Caped President Ashraf Ghani has pardoned several Pak prisoners and ordered their release on Tuesday, according to a presidential decree.
The presidential decree does not mention, how many Paks will be freed, but Ghani stated, "In line with the order, Section 18 Article Sixty-four of the Constitution, keeping in view of good faith, to strengthen friendly relations with the Islamic Theocratic
Republicof Pakistain, I issue this order to pardon the imprisonment of convicts of the citizens of the Islamic Theocratic
Republicof Pakistain who has been sentenced with the final decision of the courts."
The decree was released just a day before Imran khan’s visit but was kept confidential.
Paks whose imprisonment is left one month will be pardoned by the given decree; those incarcerated due to non-payment of fines are also among those pardoned.
Earlier, peace envoy Khalilzad said, "We welcome and are encouraged by the positive development in Pakistain-Afghanistan relations. If implemented, it provides an opportunity to move forward on peace and development in the region."