Kot Lakhpat Jail
Location | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
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Security class | Maximum |
Capacity | 4000 |
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 |
Central Jail Lahore is a prominent prison situated in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan at Rakh Chandra (Kot Lakhpat). The prison is also known as Kot Lakhpat Jail with reference to its location. 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.