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- 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.
- ↑ https://prisons.punjab.gov.pk/district_jail_sialkot [ bare URL ]
- ↑ Jails in the Punjab (list includes District Jail Sialkot) Punjab Prisons, Government of the Punjab website, Retrieved 1 April 2022
- ↑ Sialkot tragedy accused jailed Dawn (newspaper), Published 23 August 2003, Retrieved 1 April 2022
