District Jail Sialkot

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District Jail Sialkot
District Jail Sialkot
Location Sialkot, Pakistan
StatusOperational
Security classMaximum security prison
Capacity722 [1]
Population2,364 prisoners(as of 2009 [1] )
Opened1863 (1863) [2]
Managed by Government of the Punjab, Home Department (Punjab, Pakistan)
DirectorKashif Rasool Khalid , Superintendent of Jail

District Jail Sialkot is an old Jail situated in Sialkot, Pakistan. [1] [3] [4]

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Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar paid a surprise visit in 2021 and took notice of the plight of women prisoners in District Jail Sialkot and reprimanded the Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent of the jail. [5]

In April 2025 the Punjab Home Secretary Noor-ul-Amin Mengal suspended the superintendent of Sialkot District Jail during a surprise visit over accusations of “ mismanagement, negligence and administrative failures”. He called for all prison superintendents to equip inmates with technical skills to help rehabilitate them and to help inmates become productive members of society. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Punjab jails house 160 percent more inmates". Daily Times (newspaper). 21 November 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "District Jail, Sialkot | Punjab Prisons". prisons.punjab.gov.pk.
  3. ↑ Jails in the Punjab (list includes District Jail Sialkot) Punjab Prisons, Government of the Punjab website, Retrieved 1 April 2022
  4. ↑ Sialkot tragedy accused jailed Dawn (newspaper), Published 23 August 2003, Retrieved 1 April 2022
  5. ↑ "CM Buzdar pays surprise visit to Sialkot, suspends 15 officers". Dunya News. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Home Secretary suspends jail superintendent". The Nation. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.

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