The Supreme Court proceedings with a suo motu notice taken about terminally ill prisoners has directed all the provincial jail authorities for medical examination of the ill-prisoners through their boards, and release them if they are found terminally ill.
The representatives of all four provinces submitted their reports before the Supreme Court. According to reports, there had been 30 terminally ill prisoners. Eighteen prisoners in Sindh while 15 in Balochistan while the KPK submitted a written report. "What is benefit of keeping in jails terminally ill prisoners?" the CJP asked the law officers.