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District Jail Rawalpindi

Closed 1988Low
Verified 28 May 2026
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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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Occupancy

Year opened

1900

Closed 1988

Facility profile

Operator

Government of Punjab

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1900

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Security level

Death-row facility

No

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