Karachi Central Jail

Karachi Central Jail is a prison in the city of Karachi in Sindh, Pakistan. It houses more than 5,000 prisoners including convicted terrorists [http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/blog/2005/08/pakistan_in_the.html Pakistan: In the Land of Conspiracy Theories By Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy - PBS] ] that include militants who attempted to assassinate President Musharraf [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2197406.stm Musharraf 'plotters' to be tried in jail - BBC News 16 August, 2002] ] . In June 2006 the deputy chief of the jail, Amanullah Khan Niazi, was killed along with three policemen and a civilian bystander when assailants on motorcycles open fired in a busy street [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5082770.stm Top Karachi jail official killed - BBC News 15 June 2006] ] . The year before his assassination Niazi spoke of an attack against him in an interview to a PBS reporter

Niazi had also said regarding efforts to rehabilitate the prisoners

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* [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C06%5C09%5Cstory_9-6-2008_pg12_8 Drawing and painting exhibition held at Karachi Central Jail - Daily Times]
* [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_22-6-2005_pg7_29 Overcrowded jails sheer hell for inmates - Daily Times]