Pakistan

Capital city — Islamabad

Country population
216,565,318
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Federal Islamic Republic
Human Development Index
0.557
(154/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
3.9
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Righ…
Total number of prisoners
83,718
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
38
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
134 %
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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
Female prisoners
1.6 %
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.7 %
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12/2012
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
62.1 %
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09/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

1.6 % (1,236)

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09/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1.7 %

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12/2012

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

62.1 %

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09/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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