Central Jail Rawalpindi

Central Jail Rawalpindi
Location Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Security class Maximum
Capacity 1919
Population 4598[1] (as of 03 February 2010)
Opened 1986
Managed by Government of Punjab, Pakistan
Director Mohsin Rafique Chaudhry, Superintendent of Jail[2]

Central Jail Rawalpindi (also slanged as Adyala jail by local residents of surrounding rural area) is a prominent jail in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

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History

The Central Jail Rawalpindi was constructed in between late 1970s and early 1980s during the military regime of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, after hanging to death of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan on 4 April 1979 in District Jail Rawalpindi. The latter jail was demolished and converted in to a public park. The Jail is situated on Rawalpindi - Adyala Road near village Dahgal about 13 kilometres toward west of District Courts and the defunct / demolished old District Jail Rawalpindi. The village Adyala (with whose relation the Jail is slanged as Adyala Jail) is located about 4 kilometres west of the Jail.

Notable prisoners

See also

Pakistan portal
Punjab portal
Criminal justice portal

References

  1. ^ Official Website of Punjab Prisons (Pakistan)
  2. ^ http://criticalppp.com/archives/36467
  3. ^ "ACTOR SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS." Daily News of Los Angeles. January 8, 2003. Retrieved on September 24, 2011. "[...]assistant superintendent at the Adiala jail, where Aude is being kept."
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