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Police action against transgender dance at fair riles spectators

  Chaos erupted during a traditional fair after police intervened to halt a dance performance by transgender persons. According to the First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Lundianwala...

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Trans persons continue to face ostracisation after death

Although navigating through the ups and downs of life is always a tremendously thorny ordeal for transgender persons in K-P surviving on the margins of society, their fated struggle for acceptance...

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Trans persons continue to face ostracisation after death

Although navigating through the ups and downs of life is always a tremendously thorny ordeal for transgender persons in K-P surviving on the margins of society, their fated struggle for acceptance...

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Transgender education

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s recent announcement regarding the establishment of a transgender school in every division of the province, alongside directives to provide educational facilities to...

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From the fringe to inclusive growth

Taking a step forward, a first-ever transgender school and shelter called Tahafuz Darsgah has been established near Wildlife Park Jallo, in Lahore. The unique centre where transgender children will be...

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Trans community observes ‘Visibility Day’

The transgender community in the metropolitan city came together on Saturday to celebrate the ‘International Transgender Day of Visibility’, advocating for peace in Palestine. The event, themed...

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S Punjab education dept focuses on transgender empowerment

South Punjab School Education Department ( S E D ) S e c r e t a r y D r Obaidullah Khokhar has emphasised the importance of transgender education in fostering skill development and empowering the...

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Trans transforming young lives

In the labyrinthine alleys of Ibrahim Hyderi, amidst the scent of saltwater and the hum of daily life, a centre radiates hope and transformation. Here, Kamran, affectionately known as Kami, and his...

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Parties deny representation to transgender community

For a political landscape where elected leaders unabashedly belittle the opposition by taking a pejorative dig at their effete demeanour, gender has emerged as a highly binarised category, with a...

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Transgender trailblazer leads in capital

In the otherwise calm and somewhat dull election campaign mode in the capital, a transgender candidate vying for two constituencies in Islamabad briefly stirred the public’s poll emotions at Aabpara...

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Transgender women banned from playing international women's cricket

Transgender women who have been through male puberty have been barred from international women's cricket under new regulations announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday. In...

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Sindh Moorat March held

The Sindh Moorat March held at the Frere Hall on Sunday saw participation of transgender community in large numbers, showcasing not only music and dance but also raising their voices for basic rights....

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NADRA resumes registration of transgender persons

The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has announced the resumption of registration for transgender persons, bringing a sigh of relief to the minority community after a three-month...

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Trafficking haunts transgender community

Even though slavery officially came to its end more than a century ago, covert manifestations of the dehumanising evil continue to plague the lives of millions of marginalised populations across the...

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SHC gives Sindh govt 3 weeks to respond to trans activists’ plea

The Sindh High Court (SHC) has given three weeks to the Sindh government to respond to a plea filed by transgender activists against not providing treatment to HIV positive trans people at the Civil...

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Khyber clerics ban music, dancing by transgender persons at weddings

A group of local tribal clerics has once again taken the law into their own hands by imposing a ban on playing music and dancing by transgender persons during weddings in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber...

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Worrying rise in digital hate speech against transgender community: report

A rise in digital hate speech against the transgender community was noted in 2022, said the Cyber Harassment Helpline report released by the Digital Rights Foundation. The report elaborated that the...

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From begging to learning

Mohammad Ali, known as Kabootri, is a 35-year-old transgender from Jacobabad, Sindh. His parents threw him out when he was 13 and since then he has lived and grown up with other transgenders. “It is...

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30 trans people complete Quranic lessons in Lahore

In a historic first, a group of 30 individuals belonging to the transgender community in Lahore have completed their Quranic lessons and were gifted a copy of the Holy Quran upon the completion of...

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Trans persons to get Rs7,000 stipend

Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Shazia Marri on Sunday announced Rs7000 allowance to transgender persons to be disbursed every third month under the Benazir Kafalat programme....

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