The Qatari government has granted amnesty to 30 Nepalis serving jail terms in various prisons in the country. The government remitted the punishment to the prisoners on the occasion of the country’s national day. Nepali Embassy in Doha said the Nepalis granted amnesty were serving terms on various charges, including theft, visa smuggling, murder and drug smuggling, since 2004. “The Qatar government has not yet lifted travel ban to some of them. The others are preparing to return home,” said Acting Nepali Ambassador to Qatar Ganesh Dhakal. (PR)

Published on: 9 January 2015 | The Kathmandu Post