Location Lahore, Pakistan | Security class Maximum | |
Population 4000 (as of February 2014) Managed by Government of Punjab, Pakistan Director (Senior Superintendent Jail)
Asad Waraich(Assumed office from September 2013 till date)
Kamran Anjum( May 2013 -September 2013)
Mohsin Rafique(Jan 2013-May 2013)
Mushtaq Ahmed Awan,(From August 2009-January 2012) | ||
Central Jail Lahore is a prominent jail situated in Lahore, Pakistan at Rakh Chandra (Kot Lakhpat). Shaheed Bhagat Singh was hanged here during British rule in India. The jail 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. Prisoners have been murdered in the prison in the past,including Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh
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