Is prostitution legal in Pakistan?
Illegal
Prostitution is illegal in Pakistan, with some regions imposing severe penalties including death, though it is practiced underground.
Pakistan is one of 105 countries classified “Illegal” for sex work — 48% of the 219 with data. (Also searched as prostitution.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Prostitution in Asia
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Afghanistan
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal with 5-15 year imprisonment, though practiced in Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif.
- Tajikistan
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal but related activities like soliciting and brothel keeping are prohibited, with penalties including imprisonment.
- Uzbekistan
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal but common, especially in major cities, with inconsistent law enforcement and some police harassment.
- Kyrgyzstan
- Legal & regulated Prostitution is legal since 1998, but brothels, pimping, and recruiting are illegal with penalties up to five years.
- Turkmenistan
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal but common, with poverty and family pressure driving women into the trade.
- Nepal
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal in Nepal under the Human Trafficking and Transportation (Control) Act, 2064, criminalizing it as part of human trafficking.
Other laws in Pakistan
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Not recognized
- Same-Sex Activity
- Illegal
- Divorce
- Legal
- Non-Binary Recognition
- Limited recognition
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Not permitted
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.