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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 2 April 2022.
- ↑ Jails in the Punjab (includes District Jail Kasur) Punjab Prisons, Government of the Punjab website, Retrieved 2 April 2022
- ↑ Eight more hanged in jails across Punjab Dawn (newspaper), Published 29 July 2015, Retrieved 2 April 2022
