Central Jail Rawalpindi (also known as Adiala Jail) is a prison located in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
History The Central Jail Rawalpindi was built from the late 1970s and early 1980s during the military regime of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, after the execution of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan on 4 April 1979 in District Jail Rawalpindi. The older jail was demolished and converted into Jinnah Park. The jail is situated in Rawalpindi – Adyala Road near village Dahgal about 13 kilometres toward west of district courts and the defunct/demolished old District Jail Rawalpindi. The village Adyala is about 4 kilometres west of the jail.
Former prisoners Erik Audé: American actor, stuntman, restaurateur, and professional poker player who was arrested and imprisoned in Pakistan. Hanif Abbasi: PMLN Leader Former MNA from Rawalpindi. Ayyan Ali: model and singer. Muhammad Safdar Awan, son in law of Nawaz Sharif and former Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from Rawalpindi and Mansehra. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: PPP Leader former president, CMLA, and prime minister of Pakistan and father of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. Yusuf Raza Gillani: PPP Leader Former Prime Minister of Pakistan. Mirza Tahir Hussain: Served eighteen years in the jail for the murder/manslaughter of a taxicab driver. Released on 17 November 2006 on parole Lieutenant General Javed Iqbal (Retired) – Sentenced to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment by a military court on account of spying. Held key positions in the military during his active service, including director-general of military operations, which is responsible for planning and executing all operations inside and outside of Pakistan. Also held the post of adjutant-general, who supervises discipline and accountability within the forces. Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi: alleged November 2008 Mumbai Attacks mastermind. Served six years on terrorism charges. Allama Mashriqi: British Indian, and later, Pakistani mathematician, logician, political theorist, Islamic scholar and the founder of the Khaksar movement. Maryam Nawaz: PMLN Leader daughter of Nawaz Sharif. Mumtaz Qadri: Assassin to the former Punjab Governor Salman Taseer. Saifur Rehman, chairman of National Accountability Bureau. Raja Rizwan: Pakistan Army Brigadier and military attache – Sentenced to death by a military court on account of spying. Nawaz Sharif, PMLN Leader former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, former PTI Chairman former Prime Minister of Pakistan.
See also
Government of Punjab, Pakistan Headquarter Jail National Academy for Prisons Administration Punjab Prisons (Pakistan) Prison Officer
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