of the orders of the Government. (iv) If the condemned prisoner submits a petition after the period prescribed, it will be within the discretion of the Provincial Government to consider the petition and to postpone execution, and also to withhold or not to withhold the petition addressed to the President whether the Provincial Government considers the Petition addressed to it or not. In the following Provincial Government, whether it considers the petition or not, shall forward the petition to the Secretary to the Government of Pakistan, Interior Division, and shall simultaneously postpone execution pending the receipt of the orders of the President:(1) Where the sentence of death was passed by an appellate court on an appeal against the prisoner's acquittal, or on an application for enhancement of sentence preferred by the Provincial Government, or as a result of an enhancement of sentence by the appellate court on its own motion; or (2) Where the circumstances of the case are such which in the opinion of the Provincial Government render it desirable that the President should have an opportunity of considering it. Such cases would include those of a political character and cases in which for any special reason considerable public interest has been aroused. (v) The Provincial Government shall withhold a petition submitted by a condemned prisoner when a petition containing a similar prayer has already been submitted to the President. The petitioner shall be informed of the fact of withholding the petition and of the reason thereof. (vi) While forwarding a petition for mercy to the President from a prisoner under sentence of death, the Provincial Government shall forward with it the records of the case and its observations and comments on the grounds urged for commutation, and if it had previously rejected a petition addressed to itself and a brief statement of the reasons thereof. (vii) The Provincial Government shall transmit petitions for mercy alongwith the records of the case, to the Secretary to the Government of Pakistan Interior Division, as expeditiously as possible, and upon receipt of the President's orders shall immediately send an acknowledgment in the same manner as is used for communicating the orders. If the petition is rejected, orders 40