KP to Open Bank Accounts for Prisoners

News Desk

Peshawar: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to open bank accounts for prisoners across the province.

According to official sources on Friday, the recently released Welfare Fund Rules 2023 by the KP Home Ministry stated that prisoners will now have their personal bank accounts to support their families.

Negotiations are currently in progress with the Bank of Khyber (BoK) for the establishment of these accounts, as mentioned in the official statement. The government outlined a distribution plan where 10 percent of the prisoners’ income would go to the government, 30 percent to the prisoners themselves, and 60 percent to the Welfare Fund.

Additionally, prisoners will be permitted to engage in various activities such as carpet making, furniture crafting, PCO operations, and canteen services.

This initiative aims at improving the living conditions of prisoners, with a particular focus on the well-being of children, women, and destitute and resourceless inmates, as emphasised by Wafaqi Mohtasib Ejaz Ahmed Qureshi during a meeting on prison reforms.

The meeting focused on reviewing and implementing recommendations outlined in the Report on Prisons.

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