Tag: Trans Rights

Transgender CNIC registration was stopped by a notification from NADRA's Heads of Operations. Trans activist Nayyab Ali claims that the notification is a clear breach of both the Electoral Act of 2017 and the Pakistani Constitution.

Senator Kamran Murtaza from JUI-F says his party is willing to hold consultations with the transgender community over proposed amendments to the transgender law.

A search operation for the body of 22 y/o Sabahat in the Kingerwali Canal is currently underway. She was murdered by her brother and uncle for "honour" on Monday.

Police arrested one Sibtain Khan for opening fire on five Khawaja Siras in their home in Upper Channia, Mansehra district, before fleeing Sunday night. Four survivors are in critical condition despite emergency surgery.

Pakistan's first transgender medical graduate, Dr. Sarah Gill, was appointed for a house job in Karachi's JPMC. While congratulating her, Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah said that the provincial govt will provide job opportunities for trans people in all fields

A spiritual leader has been arrested in Ghaziabad, Lahore on charges of raping a woman. Watch our Rights Watch for more stories on human rights.

Kunjah police have registered a case against an unidentified man for throwing acid on a widowed mother of three.

A trial court once again acquitted three accused in the retrial of the 2008 Mazar-e-Quaid rape case. In May, the SHC had overturned their initial acquittal. In 2013, a judge held that DNA was not considered evidence under the Hudood laws.

A transgender was sexually assaulted by two men in the Pir Wadhai area.

The Senate has recommended amendments in the Anti-Rape bill to cover offences of rape against women, children & trans children