Pakistan Transgenders
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'Treated Like Enemies': Pakistan's Trans Community Alleges Eviction From Homes
Leaders representing transgender individuals on Wednesday accused the police of forcibly removing members of their community from various districts in the province.
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Transgender Woman Issued Driving License, In A First For Pak: Report
Pakistani traffic authorities have for the first time in the country's history, issued a driving licence to a transgender woman, a media report said today. The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) on Monday issued Laila Ali her license on the special directives of Islamabad's police chief who said that she had been driving without a licence for a decade,...
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Transgender In Pakistan Set On Fire By 4 Men For Resisting Sexual Assault
A transgender in Pakistan died on Saturday after he was set on fire allegedly by four persons when he resisted their attempt to sexually assault him.
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Pakistan To Send Transgenders As Haj Volunteers: Report
For the first time in the history of Pakistan, transgenders will be part of a team of boy scouts being sent to Saudi Arabia to serve as volunteers during 2018 Haj pilgrimage, a media report said today.
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Pakistani Clerics Declare Transgender Marriages Legal Under Islamic Law
A group of clerics in Pakistan has declared marriage between transgender individuals permissible in Islam, saying they have a right to be buried in Muslim ceremonies, according to a copy of a religious edict Reuters obtained on Monday.
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Transgender Shot Multiple Times In Pakistan For Allegedly Resisting Sexual Advances
A transgender was shot multiple times in Pakistan for allegedly resisting sexual advances by a group of armed men who barged in her house, The transgender was at her home when three armed persons barged in and started making sexual advances towards her which she resisted, police said.
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Pak Transgender Activist Dies, Shot 6 Times, Then Denied Treatment
When a 23-year-old transgender activist was shot six times by a gang on Sunday night in northern Pakistan, other members of her community rushed her to a hospital. Violent attacks on transgender people aren't rare in Pakistan, or across South Asia and beyond for that matter, and the group young Alesha coordinated for, Trans Action, had long campaig...
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'Treated Like Enemies': Pakistan's Trans Community Alleges Eviction From Homes
Leaders representing transgender individuals on Wednesday accused the police of forcibly removing members of their community from various districts in the province.
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Transgender Woman Issued Driving License, In A First For Pak: Report
Pakistani traffic authorities have for the first time in the country's history, issued a driving licence to a transgender woman, a media report said today. The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) on Monday issued Laila Ali her license on the special directives of Islamabad's police chief who said that she had been driving without a licence for a decade,...
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Transgender In Pakistan Set On Fire By 4 Men For Resisting Sexual Assault
A transgender in Pakistan died on Saturday after he was set on fire allegedly by four persons when he resisted their attempt to sexually assault him.
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Pakistan To Send Transgenders As Haj Volunteers: Report
For the first time in the history of Pakistan, transgenders will be part of a team of boy scouts being sent to Saudi Arabia to serve as volunteers during 2018 Haj pilgrimage, a media report said today.
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Pakistani Clerics Declare Transgender Marriages Legal Under Islamic Law
A group of clerics in Pakistan has declared marriage between transgender individuals permissible in Islam, saying they have a right to be buried in Muslim ceremonies, according to a copy of a religious edict Reuters obtained on Monday.
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Transgender Shot Multiple Times In Pakistan For Allegedly Resisting Sexual Advances
A transgender was shot multiple times in Pakistan for allegedly resisting sexual advances by a group of armed men who barged in her house, The transgender was at her home when three armed persons barged in and started making sexual advances towards her which she resisted, police said.
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Pak Transgender Activist Dies, Shot 6 Times, Then Denied Treatment
When a 23-year-old transgender activist was shot six times by a gang on Sunday night in northern Pakistan, other members of her community rushed her to a hospital. Violent attacks on transgender people aren't rare in Pakistan, or across South Asia and beyond for that matter, and the group young Alesha coordinated for, Trans Action, had long campaig...
