Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervaiz Khattak inaugurated a bomb proof high-security prison in Mardan earlier today.
The chief minister said there will only be one high-security prison in the province with a capacity of 2,200 prisoners. “There will only be one high-security prison in our province the rest will be regular jails,” Khattak said.
The foundation for the prison was laid by former Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti in 2009. Approximately Rs1.75 billion has been sent on the construction of the prison.
Speaking to the media Pervaiz Khattak said prisoners from the Mardan District Jail would be transferred to the new high-securtity prison in the next few days.
He added that the old prison would be converted into a family park.
