Kot Lakhpat Jail
Prison in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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Kot Lakhpat Jail, officially known as Central Jail Lahore, is a prison located at Kot Lakhpat in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
 Interactive map of Central Jail Lahore | |
| Location | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
|---|---|
| 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 Saad Hussain Rizvi Hafiz Saeed | |
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
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- Sardar Bhagat Singh
- Rasool Bux Palijo
- 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