ISLAMABAD: Life sentence tenure may be increased from 25 years to tilldeath in Pakistan as the Larger bench has been made to determine the extentof a life sentencing.
The bench will be headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Asif Saeed Khosa.
According to details, the current sentencing in the penal law of Pakistanhas determined 25 years of confinement for those awarded the penalty, ahigh-level panel presided over by the chief justice is deliberating uponwhether the sentencing is enough or should it be implemented in letter andspirit making it a sentencing till an individual’s death in the jail cell.
A seven-member larger bench under Justice Khosa will give a verdict uponthe matter on Wednesday, 2 October.
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