Muhammad Kamran Sheikh
"Traditionally the modern states have operated their systems of criminal law by proscribing the conduct serious enough to be blamed and condemned and by prescribing punishment for such blameworthy conduct. What conduct should be regarded as blameworthy enough to be labelled as crime and appropriateness of the nature and quantum of sentence for such conduct have been questions of serious debate for sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists, historians, political scientists and jurists who have been exploring the nature, essence, justification (political, moral and legal), scope, function and impact thereof. This has given rise to various theories and perspectives on crimes and sentences.
Unfortunately, though, there are no comprehensive sentencing guidelines to be followed by the courts in Pakistan while dealing with an offender held guilty of an offence."
