Kot Lakhpat Jail
Interactive map of Central Jail Lahore | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Security class | Maximum |
| Capacity | 4000[1] |
| Opened | 1965 |
| Managed by | Government of Punjab, Pakistan |
| Director | Ijaz Asghar[2] |
| Notable prisoners | |
| Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Sardar Bhagat Singh Rasool Bux Palijo Javed Iqbal Yusuf Kazzab Nawaz Sharif Imran Khan Jatindra Nath Das Sukhdev Thapar Saad Hussain Rizvi Hafiz Saeed | |
Kot Lakhpat Jail, officially known as Central Jail Lahore, is a prison located at Kot Lakhpat in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
The jail houses more than four times the 4,000-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.[1][3]
Notable prisoners
- Bhagat Singh
- Sarabjit Singh
- Rasool Bux Palijo
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- Javed Iqbal
- Yusuf Kazzab
- Nawaz Sharif, imprisoned in 2018 after conviction in Panama Papers case[4]
- Jatindra Nath Das
- Saad Hussain Rizvi
- Hafiz Saeed
- Imran Khan, imprisoned in 2023 after conviction in Cypher No. I-0678
See also
References
- 1 2 "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.