Press Council of Pakistan Chairman Raja Shafqat Abbasi on Monday hailed the decision of the Indian Supreme Court to release an old academician, Dr Chishty. According to a press statement issued here, Abbasi said release of the veteran scientist was a good gesture on the part of the Indian Supreme Court which granted clemency to Dr Chishty. It would pave the way for further improving the relations between the two neighborly countries, he added. He further said that Abbasi had earlier written a letter to Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, drawing his attention towards the mercy petition which was pending before the governor of Rajasthan.