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Prison in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kot Lakhpat Jail, officially known as Central Jail Lahore, is a prison located at Rakh Chandra (Kot Lakhpat) in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Location | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
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Security class | Maximum |
Capacity | 4000[1] |
Opened | 1965 |
Managed by | Government of Punjab, Pakistan |
Director | (Senior Superintendent Jail) Ijaz Asghar (till date) |
Notable prisoners | |
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Sardar Bhagat Singh Rasool Bux Palijo Javed Iqbal Yusuf Kazzab Nawaz Sharif Jatindra Nath Das Saad Hussain Rizvi Hafiz Saeed |
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]