Table 2.
Number of network operators and FSWs working in networks in Pakistan in 2011
| Province | City | # Network operators | Average # FSWs per network operator | Average # kothikhanas listed by each network operator | Average # KKFSWs per kothikhana | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HBFSW | KKFSW | Total | |||||
| Punjab | DG Khan | 290 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
| Faisalabad | 1013 | 2.8 | 1 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 3.2 | |
| Lahore | 3359 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 5.4 | 11.9 | 2.9 | |
| Multan | 789 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | |
| Rawalpindi | 674 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.2 | |
| Sargodha | 272 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 3.6 | |
| Sind | Hyderabad | 333 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 3.9 |
| Karachi | 128 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.3 | 3.2 | |
| Larkana | 521 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 5 | 4.4 | 2 | |
| Mirpurkhas | 202 | 2 | 1 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.9 | |
| Nawabshah | 452 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 6.5 | |
| Sukkur | 3623 | 6.6 | 1.3 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 14.1 | |
| KPK | Haripur | 148 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 6.6 | 3.1 | 4.6 |
| Peshawar | 175 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 3.4 | |
| Balochistan | Quetta | 183 | 3 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
| Total | 12 162 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | |
FSWs, female sex workers; HBFSW, home-based FSW; KKFSW, kothikhana-based FSW; KPK, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.