Kot Lakhpat Jail

Central Jail Lahore
Location	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Security class	Maximum
Capacity	4000
Opened	1965
Managed by	Government of Punjab, Pakistan
Director	(Senior Superintendent Jail); Ijaz Asghar (till date); Kamran Anjum (May 2013–September 2013); Mohsin Rafique (January 2013–May 2013); Mushtaq Ahmed Awan (August 2009–January 2012)
Notable prisoners
	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; Sardar Bhagat Singh ; Rasool Bux Palijo; Javed Iqbal; Yusuf Kazzab; Nawaz Sharif ; Jatindra Nath Das ; Saad Hussain Rizvi ; Hafiz Saeed

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.

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