ATTOCK, Nov 16: About 12 political prisoners including nine Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leaders and three lawyers were shifted to Attock Jail while five others were released here on Friday.

Those who were shifted here included Haji Mohammad Iqbal (president PPP Khanewal), Abdul Majeed Arain (president PPP Lodrah), Mukhtar Ahmed (president PPP Dunyapur, Lodrah), Mohammad Munawar (president People’s Youth Organisation, Lodrah), PPP leaders Maqsood Ahmed (Vehari), Zafaryab, Mian Mohammad Mansoor (Pakpattan), Mohammad Mukhtar Sabir and Ali Nawaz (Sahiwal).

Also lawyers Suhail Amir, Mian Ahmed Rahim and Khawaja Tuqeer Ahmed (Faisalabad) were shifted to Attock jail. They were arrested after proclamation of emergency in Pakistan.

Meanwhile, five political prisoners including a lawyer were released form the Attock Jail on the orders of home department Punjab, sources said.

Political prisoners Jam Ghulam Asgher, Abdul Hameed, Rao Abdul Jabbar (Multan) and Ghana Mohammad (D.G. Khan) and a lawyer Mohammad Asgher Khan (Multan) were released from the jail.