Overview
- Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who inspected the facility on Tuesday, said the 17-year project has been completed and that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will inaugurate the jail in the coming days.
- Government officials say prisoners from Islamabad’s courts will be moved in phases with 1,500 inmates to be transferred in the first phase and more to follow.
- Imran Khan, who has been detained at Adiala Jail since August 2023 on a reported £190 million corruption sentence and faces pending Anti-Terrorism Act trials, could be moved to the new facility according to Naqvi.
- Unnamed jail sources report a special ward for Imran has been prepared, CCTV installation is in its final stages and a tentative November 20–30 transfer window is being discussed, but those details remain unconfirmed pending formal orders.
- The 90-acre, 2,000-inmate complex includes a hospital, vocational centres and on-site courtrooms and is meant to cut daily transport demands on police while centralizing custody for politically sensitive detainees, a shift that will affect security planning and court logistics.