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- ↑ Baqir Sajjad Syed (5 December 2021). "Military court convicts rights activist of espionage". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ↑ Jails in the Punjab (includes District Jail Jhelum) Punjab Prisons, Government of the Punjab website, Retrieved 31 March 2022
- ↑ "Inspector General of Prisons, Punjab". Punjab Prisons (Pakistan) website. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2022.