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Pakistan

The prisons, jails and police of Pakistan

Pakistan has 34 prisons and jails and 674 police agencies in this atlas. In Pakistan each province runs its own prison department, for example Punjab Prisons and Sindh Prisons. Most districts have a district jail, and the larger cities also have central jails. Among them are 673 police stations, 34 prisons and 1 border police. 4 entries have a telephone number on record; for the others, the address and map location are given. Punjab has the most entries of any province, with 247. Choose one of 7 provinces to see every facility with its address and telephone.

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Pakistan, by province

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Composition

What the atlas holds here

673Police stations
34Prisons
1Border police
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Prisons & jails

34 facilities

34 entries
Centeral JailPrisonDera Ghazi KhanPunjab—
Central JailPrisonDera Ismail KhanKhyber Pakhtunkhwa—
Central JailPrisonGujranwalaPunjab—
Central JailPrisonPeshawarKhyber Pakhtunkhwa—
Central Jail HyderabadPrisonHyderabadSindh—
Central Jail KarachiPrisonKarachiSindh—
Central jail KohatPrisonKohatKhyber Pakhtunkhwa—
Central Jail LahorePrisonLahorePunjab—
Central Jail RawalpindiPrisonRawalpindiPunjab—
Central Jail, Hudda QtaPrisonQuettaBalochistan—
Deputy Inspector General of PrisonsPrisonFaisalabadPunjab—
District Central Jail BadinPrisonBadinSindh—
District Jail – SukkurPrisonSukkurSindh—
District Jail FaisalabadPrisonFaisalabadPunjab+92 41 9200408
District Jail HafizabadPrisonHafizabadPunjab—
District Jail JhelumPrisonJhelumPunjab—
District Jail KasurLahorePrisonKasurPunjab+92 49 9250138
District Jail MardanPrisonMardanKhyber Pakhtunkhwa—
District Jail MultanPrisonMultanPunjab+92 61 9200751
District Jail MuzzafargarhPrisonMuzaffargarhPunjab—
District Jail SheikhupuraPrisonSheikhpuraPunjab—
District Jail SialkotPrisonSialkotPunjab—
District Jail, KhanewalPrisonKhanewalPunjab—
District Jail, NarowalPrisonNarowalPunjab—
District Prison & Correctional Facility Malir KarachiPrisonKarachiSindh—
Gaddani JailPrisonLasbelaBalochistan—
Ladies JailPrisonQambar ShahdadkotSindh—
Lodhran District JailPrisonLodhranPunjab—
Mach JailPrisonKachhiBalochistan—
Mandi Bahaudin JailPrisonMandi BahauddinPunjab+92 546 501303
Mirpur Central JailPrisonAzad Kashmir—
Missing Person Containment FaciltiyPrisonRawalpindiPunjab—
Naara JailPrisonHyderabadSindh—
Sub Jail BattagramPrisonBattagramKhyber Pakhtunkhwa—
Questions

Frequently asked

How many prisons and jails are in Pakistan?

The atlas lists 34 prisons, jails and detention centres in Pakistan, including 34 prisons.

How many police stations are in Pakistan?

674 police units are listed for Pakistan: 673 police stations and 1 border police.

Can I look up a prisoner in Pakistan?

Public inmate lists are generally not published in Pakistan. Contact the facility or the authority that runs it, using the address and telephone on each facility page.

Which province has the most facilities?

Punjab, with 18 prisons and jails and 229 police units.

Are telephone numbers available for these facilities?

Yes for 4 entries of 34. Where a number is missing, the facility page shows its address and map location; details can change, so the agency's own website is the authority.

Which town in Pakistan has the most prisons?

Karachi has the most, with 2 places of detention in the atlas, out of 7 towns with at least one.

How is Pakistan divided in the atlas?

The atlas files Pakistan by province, following official administrative boundaries; 7 provinces currently have entries. Every facility is listed in the province where it is located; Punjab is the largest by number of entries.

How do I contact the police in Pakistan?

In an emergency, call the national emergency number. For anything else, the atlas lists 674 police units here. Open a province to see the units in each area.

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