Central Jail Rawalpindi (also known as Adiala Jail) is a prominent prison in

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

, Pakistan.

History

The Central Jail Rawalpindi was built from the late 1970s and early 1980s during the military regime of

General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq HI, GCSJ, ร.ม.ภ, (Urdu: ; 12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani four-star general and politician who became the sixth President of Pakistan following a coup and declaration of martial law in ...

, after the execution of

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar (or Zulfiqar) Ali Bhutto ( ur, , sd, ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو; 5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979), also known as Quaid-e-Awam ("the People's Leader"), was a Pakistani barrister, politician and Politician, statesman who served as ...

, the ex-

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on 4 April 1979 in

District Jail Rawalpindi District Jail Rawalpindi was a prominent jail in Rawalpindi, Pakistan located opposite Rawalpindi District Courts. It was established in 1882 on an area of . The Jail was inherited by the Punjab Prisons Department besides 18 other Jails after ...

. The older jail was demolished and converted into

Jinnah Park Jinnah Park () is an amusement and public park located on Airport Road in the high-security Chaklala Cantonment suburb of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. It is the town's primary amusement park and covers an area of approximately . Initial plans for i ...

. The jail is situated in Rawalpindi - Adyala Road near village Dahgal about 13 kilometres toward west of district courts and the defunct/demolished old

. The village Adyala is about 4 kilometres west of the jail.

Notable prisoners

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: American actor, stuntman, restaurateur, and professional poker player who was arrested and imprisoned in Pakistan. * Hanif Abbasi: Former MNA from

. * Ayyan Ali: model and singer. *

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, son in law of

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and former

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(MNA) from

and

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. *

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: former president of Pakistan and father of

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. *

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: Former

. *

Mirza Tahir Hussain Mirza Tahir Hussain ( ur, مرزا طاہر حسین; born 1 June 1970) is a British man who spent 18 years on death row in Pakistan for the murder of a taxicab driver named Jamshed Khan in 1988. Following his conviction, Mirza was held in the Adi ...

: Served eighteen years in the jail for the murder/manslaughter of a taxicab driver. Released on 17 November 2006 on parole. * Lieutenant General Javed Iqbal (Retired) - Sentenced to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment by a military court on account of spying. Held key positions in the military during his active service, including director-general of military operations, which is responsible for planning and executing all operations inside and outside of Pakistan. Also held the post of adjutant-general, who supervises discipline and accountability within the forces. *

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: alleged

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mastermind. Served six years on terrorism charges. *

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: British Indian, and later, Pakistani mathematician, logician, political theorist, Islamic scholar and the founder of the Khaksar movement. *

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: daughter of

. *

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: Assassin to the former Punjab Governor

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. * Saifur Rehman, chairman of

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. *

Raja Rizwan Brigadier Raja Rizwan Ali Haider ( ur, ), (1958 – November 24, 2019) was a Pakistan Army Officer and military attache. He was arrested in 2018 on espionage charges of passing Pakistani nuclear secrets to CIA. He was convicted with military ...

: Pakistan Army Brigadier and military attache - Sentenced to death by a military court on account of spying. *

, former

from

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, 2013-2017.

References

{{Prisons in Pakistan Prisons in Pakistan

History

Notable prisoners

See also

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