Central Prison Peshawar

Central Prison Peshawar is a jail located in Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.^[1]^[2]^[3] The jail is located next to important buildings such as the Peshawar High Court and the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.^[4]

Anti-Terrorism Measures

After 2014 Peshawar school massacre further security measures were taken to fend of terrorism attack. A steel wall was built around the premises of prison and Elite Forces were called to strengthen up the security. Important prisoners including Dr. Shakil Afridi, accused of assisting the CIA to track down Osama bin Laden through a fake vaccination campaign, and Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) Chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad, father-in-law of outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan(TTP) head Maulana Fazlullah, are imprisoned at the Central Prison Peshawar.^[5]

Kebab Shop Incident

A fully functional and operating kebab shop was exposed by Geo News. A letter to Interior Security Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by the Peshawar police to investigate how a kebab shop was running in the most sensitive part of the jail.^[6]

References

Prisons in Pakistan

Punjab	Central Jail Rawalpindi Central Jail Mianwali Central Jail Gujranwala Central Jail Lahore Central Jail Sahiwal Central Jail Faisalabad New Central Jail Multan New Central Jail Bahawalpur Central Jail Dera Ghazi Khan District Jail Rawalpindi District Jail Jhelum District Jail Multan District Jail Gujrat

Sindh	Central Prison Karachi Central Jail Hyderabad Juvenile Jail Dadu Central Jail Sukkhar District Jail Benazirabad

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Central Prison Haripur Central Prison Peshawar

Baluchistan	Central Jail Mach District Jail Quetta

Peshawar related topics

History	History of Peshawar Timeline History of Afghanistan Maurya Empire Indo-Greek Kingdom Kushan Empire Grand Trunk Road Mughal Empire Maratha Empire Ahmed Shah Durrani British Raj North-West Frontier Province Khudai Khidmatgar Indian independence movement Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Pashtunistan Soviet–Afghan War

City	Mayors of Peshawar City District Government Towns Nazim Peshawar District

Education	University of Peshawar University of Agriculture Institute of Management Studies University of Engineering and Technology Islamia College University Khyber Medical College Edwardes College Home Economics College for Women Government College Peshawar NWFP Post-Graduate Medical Institute Jinnah College for Women Khyber College of Dentistry

Transport	Grand Trunk Road Bacha Khan International Airport Peshawar Cantonment railway station Khyber Pass Karakoram Highway

Economy and culture	Afghan refugees American Market Peshawari chappal Peshawari pagri Naswar Qissa Khawani Bazaar

Sports	Arbab Niaz Stadium Peshawar Panthers Peshawar Golf Course Qayyum Stadium

Other topics	List of people from Peshawar List of cities in Pakistan List of educational institutions in Peshawar

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