Kot Lakhpat Jail Explained

Prison Name:	Central Jail Lahore
Location:	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Classification:	Maximum
Capacity:	4000
Populationdate:	February 2014
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)^[1]
Prisoners:	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Sardar Bhagat Singh Rasool Bux Palijo Javed Iqbal Yusuf Kazzab Nawaz 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.

History

Some prisoners died in the prison in the past, including Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was convicted of terrorism.^{[2] [3]}

Notable prisoners

• 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

See also

• Headquarter Jail

References

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Notes and References

1. News: Human hand found in sehri for prisoners . 2022-05-15 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20100901084131/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Lahore/28-Aug-2010/Human-hand-found-in-sehri-for-prisoners . 2010-09-01. The Nation.
2. News: Sarabjit Singh critical after Lahore jail attack . 26 April 2013 . Gulf Times . 2022-05-15.
3. Web site: Inspector General of Prisons (Punjab) . 2022-05-15 . 2010-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100326071006/http://www.punjabprisons.gov.pk/ . dead. Punjab Prisons (Pakistan) website.
4. Web site: Nawaz Sharif shifted to Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail . 25 December 2018 .