MAKKAH: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who is also chairman of the Reconciliation Committee in the province, commended the decision of two families to forgive two men on death row for murdering their relatives.
The two men — one Saudi and the other a Pakistani — were scheduled for execution yesterday.
Saudi Dhaifullah Al-Maliki killed Palestinian Muhammad Salim and Pakistani Akram Muhammad killed Chadian Suleiman Abkar in separate incidents, said Nasser Al-Zahrani, executive president of the Reconciliation Committee.
He added that the committee has succeeded in securing pardons for 143 convicts since its establishment in 2000. The committee has also handled 9,043 cases involving family disputes, financial obligations and other social issues.
Meanwhile, Abdul Aziz Al-Khudairi, undersecretary of the Makkah governorate, will visit the headquarters of the Reconciliation Committee in Makkah’s Aziziah district tomorrow for talks with Al-Zahrani, his deputy and directors of the committee’s branches in Makkah and Jeddah.
Al-Khudairi will launch the committee’s website.
