Table 2

Number of network operators and FSWs working in networks in Pakistan in 2011

ProvinceCity# Network operatorsAverage # FSWs per network operatorAverage # kothikhanas listed by each network operatorAverage # KKFSWs per kothikhana
HBFSWKKFSWTotal
PunjabDG Khan2903.21.34.61.93.5
Faisalabad10132.813.82.13.2
Lahore33593.81.65.411.92.9
Multan7893.51.85.34.44.8
Rawalpindi6742.91.34.24.63.2
Sargodha2723.83.67.46.73.6
SindHyderabad3333.82.25.97.23.9
Karachi1283254.33.2
Larkana5214.70.354.42
Mirpurkhas202213.13.52.9
Nawabshah4524.60.85.44.36.5
Sukkur36236.61.37.97.114.1
KPKHaripur1484.81.86.63.14.6
Peshawar1753.12.25.31.33.4
BalochistanQuetta18332.65.75.96.3
Total12 1623.51.75.24.84.5
  • FSWs, female sex workers; HBFSW, home-based FSW; KKFSW, kothikhana-based FSW; KPK, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.