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Nominated as Pakistan’s Oscars entry, the country’s information ministry issued a veto forced by Islamist pressure declaring Joyland ‘repugnant to the norms of decency and morality’. Source link

WASHINGTON —  Pakistan is considering amending a landmark transgender rights bill passed in 2018 that some legislators and clerics argue contradicts Islamic teachings on gender identity. Rights activists, however, say the law is being misunderstood and the “misinformed” debate against it is further endangering the transgender community. Hailed as ...

A law that provides legal recognition to transgender persons and prohibits discrimination and harassment, has stirred a new debate in the conservative South Asian country where homosexuality is a crime. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act of 2018 guarantees citizens their right to self-identify as male, female or a blend ...

A law that provides legal recognition to transgender persons and prohibits discrimination and harassment, has stirred a new debate in the conservative South Asian country where homosexuality is a crime. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act of 2018 guarantees citizens their right to self-identify as male, female or a blend ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The performance of India's first transgender Kathak exponent, Devendra S Mangalmukhi delighted the audience at Bhopal Haat in the city on Wednesday evening under concert ëSham-e-kathakí. Devendra started off with Krishna Vandana. They presented thumri 'Yaad piya ki aayi' in salami and sargam style which mesmerised ...

FRONT PAGE Bellary Reddy wants to restart mining, Andhra tells SC ‘no objection’ Syllabus: Preliminary Examination: Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World. Main Examination: General Studies I: Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian sub-continent); factors responsible for ...

Islamabad —  The United States has deported a politically influential man to his native Pakistan, where he had been wanted for allegedly murdering three transgender people after sexually assaulting them.The U.S. immigration agency’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) office in New York said in a statement Thursday that it ...

Karachi: A Pakistani transgender person, who is an active organiser of a movement aimed at seeking an end to the demolition of Karachi's working-class settlements and markets, has been allegedly tortured and sexually assaulted one day before a climate march held here. The organisers of the 'People's Climate March' ...

#Pakistan News Rowling says she and other women who have spoken out on gender issues had faced "campaigns of intimidation". Rowling's simmering row with the transgender community began around two years ago. (AP Archive) "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling has received death threats after she slammed three transgender rights ...

Pakistan has opened its first protection center for transgender people in the capital city of Islamabad, in a ceremony attended by Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr. Shireen Mazari, who promised to open more. Speaking at the inauguration on Wednesday, Mazari said that the country must do more to ...