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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Prison in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan}}<br />
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{{Infobox prison<br />
| prison_name = Central Jail Lahore<br />
| image = <br />
| location = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]<br />
| coordinates = <br />
| status =<br />
| classification = Maximum<br />
| capacity = 4000<ref name=capacity/><br />
| population = <br />
| populationdate = February 2014<br />
| opened = 1965<br />
| closed =<br />
| managed_by = [[Government of Punjab, Pakistan]]<br />
| director =<br />
Ijaz Asghar<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nation.com.pk/28-Aug-2010/human-hand-found-in-sehri-for-prisoners |title=Human hand found in sehri for prisoners |access-date=2022-05-15 |url-status=live |archive-url=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 |archive-date=2010-09-01|newspaper=The Nation}}</ref><br />
| prisoners = [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]<br>[[Sardar Bhagat Singh]] <br>[[Rasool Bux Palijo]]<br/>[[Javed Iqbal (serial killer)|Javed Iqbal]]<br/>Yusuf Kazzab<br>[[Nawaz Sharif]]<br>[[Imran Khan]]<br>[[Jatindra Nath Das]] <br>[[Saad Hussain Rizvi]] <br> [[Hafiz Saeed]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kot Lakhpat Jail''', officially known as '''Central Jail Lahore''', is a [[prison]] located at [[Kot Lakhpat]] in [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]]. <br />
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The jail houses more than four times the 4,000 prisoner capacity it was built for.<br />
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==History==<br />
Some prisoners died in the prison in the past, including [[Indian people|Indian]] prisoner [[Sarabjit Singh]], who was convicted of [[terrorism]].<ref name=capacity>{{cite news | title = Sarabjit Singh critical after Lahore jail attack |date =26 April 2013 | url = https://www.gulf-times.com/india/185/details/350512/sarabjit-singh-critical-after-lahore-jail-attack | work = Gulf Times | access-date =2022-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.punjabprisons.gov.pk/ |title=Inspector General of Prisons (Punjab) |access-date=2022-05-15 |archive-date=2010-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326071006/http://www.punjabprisons.gov.pk/ |url-status=dead|website=Punjab Prisons (Pakistan) website}}</ref><br />
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== Notable prisoners ==<br />
* [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]]<br />
* [[Sardar Bhagat Singh]]<br />
* [[Rasool Bux Palijo]]<br />
* [[Javed Iqbal (serial killer)|Javed Iqbal]]<br />
* Yusuf Kazzab<br />
* [[Nawaz Sharif]], imprisoned in 2018 after conviction in [[Panama Papers case]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1453509 | title=Nawaz Sharif shifted to Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail | date=25 December 2018 }}</ref><br />
* [[Jatindra Nath Das]]<br />
* [[Saad Hussain Rizvi]]<br />
* [[Hafiz Saeed]]<br />
* [[Imran Khan]], imprisoned in 2023 after conviction in [[Cypher No. I-0678]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Headquarter Jail]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
{{Prisons in Pakistan}}<br />
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[[Category:1965 establishments in Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:Prisons in Pakistan]]</div>
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