ISLAMABAD - The federal government Saturday announced special remission of 90 days in sentences of inmates confined in jails across the country on the occasion of Eidul Fitr. "A special remission of 90 days has been granted to prisoners convicted for life except those convicted for murder, anti-state activities, sectarianism and acts of terrorism," an Interior Ministry notification said on Saturday. The Interior Ministry sent a letter to home departments of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa and Gilgit Baltistan in this regard. The President, in exercise of powers under Article 45 of the Constitution, granted the special remission on the advice of Prime Minister.