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- ↑ "Nine jail officials suspended: Five prisoners escape from Multan jail". Dawn (newspaper). 5 March 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ↑ CM Punjab Unveils Rs.34 billion Development Package for Multan (includes money for relocation of District Jail Multan) Punjab Portal, Government of the Punjab website, Published 26 April 2021, Retrieved 31 March 2022
- ↑ "Inspector General Of Prisons Punjab". Punjab Prisons (Pakistan) website. 1 February 2009. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2022.