NOWSHERA: The police on Monday arrested two people over the killing of a transgender person in Kheshgi area here. Sufaid alias Adnan was shot dead after severe torture on Sunday night. The arrest was made after the deceased’s father, Haroon ...
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ISLAMABAD: Proposed legislation aimed at recognising and protecting the rights of the transgender community may not achieve the required purpose if it doesn’t also contain a dedicated institutional mechanism to guarantee the enforcement of those rights, legal experts say. Two ...
Read More »Transgenders protest ban on ‘performance’
BANNU: The members of transgender community on Thursday staged a sit-in against the ban on their performance at wedding parties. They gathered outside the Bannu Press Club and staged the sit-in. The speakers said that the administration had imposed a ...
Read More »Women university inaugurated in Swat
Swat – Advisor to Prime Minister Ameer Muqam inaugurated University of Swat’s women campus on Tuesday. Muqam while addressing on the occasion said that during on May 20, 2016 Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif had announced Women University at Swat ...
Read More »Police recover woman confined to home for seeking freewill marriage
BADIN: A police team carried out a raid on a house in the Ward-2 area of Tando Bago town Sunday morning and recovered a 27-year-old woman allegedly confined to her residence by her parents to prevent her from contacting a ...
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