Kot Lakhpat Jail (original) (raw)
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Prison in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Central Jail Lahore
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| Location | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Security class | Maximum |
| Capacity | 4000[1] |
| Opened | 1965 |
| Managed by | Government of Punjab, Pakistan |
| Director | (Senior Superintendent Jail)Ijaz Asghar (till date)Kamran Anjum (May 2013–September 2013)Mohsin Rafique (January 2013–May 2013) Mushtaq Ahmed Awan (August 2009–January 2012)[2] |
| Notable prisoners | |
| Zulfikar Ali BhuttoSardar Bhagat Singh Rasool Bux PalijoJaved IqbalYusuf KazzabNawaz Sharif Jatindra Nath Das Saad Hussain Rizvi Hafiz Saeed |
Kot Lakhpat Jail, officially known as Central Jail Lahore, is a prison located at Rakh Chandra (Kot Lakhpat) in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
The jail houses more than four times the 4000 prisoner capacity it was built for.
Some prisoners died in the prison in the past, including Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was convicted of terrorism.[1][3]
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- Sardar Bhagat Singh
- Rasool Bux Palijo
- Javed Iqbal
- Yusuf Kazzab
- Nawaz Sharif, imprisoned in 2018 after conviction in Panama Papers case[4]
- Jatindra Nath Das
- Saad Hussain Rizvi
- Hafiz Saeed
- Headquarter Jail
- ^ a b "Sarabjit Singh critical after Lahore jail attack". Gulf Times. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ "Human hand found in sehri for prisoners". The Nation. Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ "Inspector General of Prisons (Punjab)". Punjab Prisons (Pakistan) website. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ "Nawaz Sharif shifted to Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail". 25 December 2018.
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