On 2 May 2009, Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry visited the Central Jail Lahore. On 21 September 2009, on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitar, the Chief Justice visited Central Jail Rawalpindi. Besides passing various orders respecting management of prisons and prisoners during the said visits of jails, he issued verbal directions to the concerned authorities of Punjab Government for upgrading the pay scales of the prison officers in the Punjab and increasing their salaries. Later, Khawaja Muhammad Sharif, Chief Justice, Lahore High Court, Lahore took Suo Moto notice of the case and issued directions to the provincial Government for upgrading the posts of incumbents of the Punjab Prisons to make them at par with the equivalent ranks of the Punjab Police. Government of the Punjab, Home Department, Lahore vide Notification No.SO(Prs)18-24/2009 Dated 26 September 2009 and Dated 26 March 2010 up-graded the pay scales of prison officers in the Punjab equivalent to respective ranks of the Punjab Police.
