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District Jail Rawalpindi

Closed 1988Low
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Background

District Jail Rawalpindi was a prominent jail in Rawalpindi, Pakistan located opposite Rawalpindi District Courts. It was established in 1882 on an area of 34.14 hectares (84.4 acres). The jail was inherited by the Punjab Prisons Department besides 18 other jails after independence. On 4 April 1979, the former President and Prime Minister of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, was hanged in this jail. In 1986, a new jail was constructed on Adiala Road nearly 13 kilometres away from the District Courts which was named Central Jail Rawalpindi.

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Year opened

1900

Closed 1988

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Facility profile

Population held

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Opened

1900

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Death-row facility

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Notable inmates

  • Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
    Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
    1928–1979 · politician

    Zulfikar Ali Bhutto NPk (5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979) was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourth president of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and later as the ninth prime minister of Pakistan from 1973 until his overthrow in 1977.

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World Prisons. (2026). District Jail Rawalpindi. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/district-jail-rawalpindi
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"District Jail Rawalpindi." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/district-jail-rawalpindi.
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@misc{worldprisons-district-jail-rawalpindi,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {District Jail Rawalpindi},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/district-jail-rawalpindi},
  urldate = {2026-10-21}
}