Pakistan

Capital city — Islamabad

Country population
212,200,000
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Type of government
Federal Islamic Republic
Human Development Index
0.56
(152/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.2
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Righ…
Total number of incarcerated people
77,275
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
38
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
133.8 %
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
98
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
1.6 %
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.7 %
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12/2012
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
62.1 %
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

1.6 % (1,236)

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09/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

1.7 %

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12/2012

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

62.1 % (48,008)

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09/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no

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