Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman pardoned 98 prisoners, including 64 Omanis and 34 belonging to other nationalities. Oman News Agency (ONA) said today the amnesty comes on the occasion of the imminent advent of Eid al-Fitr, and in consideration of the prisoners\'\' families and their social conditions after they spent varying periods of imprisonment during which they underwent reform and rehabilitation programmes.