Report

Profiles of Slums/Underserved Areas of 8 Largest Cities of Pakistan

Profiling of slums in 8 largest cities in the country including 05 cities of Punjab, one city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Peshawar), one city of Balochistan (Quetta) and Federal Capital Islamabad

Highlights

8 largest cities including 05 cities of Punjab, one city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Peshawar), one city of Balochistan (Quetta) and Federal Capital Islamabad house 3114 slums/underserved areas. These slums/underserved areas are located in 76% of the total 626 UCs. Approximately 11.9 Million people reside in slums/underserved areas. 86% inhabitants of such areas are permanent settlers with the remaining 13% are temporarily displaced and 1% belong to other nationalities.