Table 1

Estimated numbers of female sex workers (FSWs) by typology in four cities in Pakistan in 2011.

ProvinceCityBBFSWsSBFSWsHBFSWsKKFSWsCBFSWsOther FSWsTotal FSWsFSWs/1000 adult males
#%#%#%#%#%#%
PunjabDG Khan00.0533.893966.538727.4342.400.0141313.3
Faisalabad00.088218.2288759.687818.1591.21402.948465
Lahore3501.5459719.312 68353.4530322.35792.42541.123 76611.5
Multan1482.84488.4275451.9144927.31713.23386.453088
Rawalpindi00.074820.6195553.885123.400.0812.236353.4
Sargodha802.1162141.6102226.299025.4822.11032.6389812.5
SindHyderabad2204.888719.4170737.497821.460113.21733.845668.5
Karachi1750.7629824.810 91543.0713828.17633.01100.425 3995.5
Larkana12511.2151.370162.9413.723220.800.011148.2
Mirpurkhas00.022225.135640.318320.7202.310311.78848.5
Nawabshah1708.552526.183941.71467.333116.500.0201114.2
Sukkur00.035015.1132657.226011.230813.3733.2231710.5
KPKHaripur00.034611.661120.42307.752117.4128643.0299411.9
Peshawar00.052915.9103231.172221.8101330.5210.633174.2
BalochistanQuetta00.075420.3158642.7137036.900.000.0371010.7
Total12681.418 27520.541 31346.320 92623.547145.326823.089 1787.2
  • BBFSWs, brothel-based FSWs; CBFSW, cell phone-based FSWs; HBFSWs, home-based FSWs; KKFSW, kothikhana-based FSWs; KPK, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; SBFSWs, street-based sex workers.