Punjab Prisons Minister Fayyaz-ul-Hassan Chohan has responded to the allegations against the Punjab government of giving 1.5 year remission to Shah Hussain, the man convicted of stabbing Khadija Siddiqi.

Shah Hussain did not receive any “legal remission” from the government but had actually availed “technical remissions”, said Chohan.

As per a document shared by Chohan, Shah has gotten remission on the following basis:

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  1. Ordinary remission: 8 months and 8 days.
  2. Annual Good conduct Remission: 1 month.
  3. Blood Remission: 1 month.
  4. Education Remission of 7 months and 15 days which includes 4 months and 15 days for B.A and 3 months for Tarjma ul Quran.

Earlier, Khadija took to Twitter and accused the Punjab government of granting, “extraordinary REMISSION of 1.5 years.”

In another tweet, Khadija tagged Punjab Prisons Minister Fayyaz-ul-Hassan Chohan and wrote: “You are responsible for allowing early release of my attacker.”

Siddiqi was stabbed 23 times on a busy Lahore street while she was picking her six-year-old sister from school on May 3, 2016. Shah Hussain is the son of a senior Lahore High Court lawyer.