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1,500 prisoners to be shifted to Islamabad Model Jail in first phase: Naqvi

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Tuesday said prisoners from Islamabad will be shifted to the new model jail in the capital which is awaiting inauguration by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Talking to media at the newly-built Islamabad Model Jail at H-16, Mr Naqvi, accompanied by State Minister for Interior Talal Chaudhry, said the jail project had been completed and would be inaugurated within “two to four days” by the prime minister. He said that around 1,500 Islamabad-based prisone