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Dream come true: Transgender community celebrates CNICs, voter registration

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The transgender community in Punjab saw new hope on Wednesday as their voter registration began, and Computerised National Identity Cards (NIC) were issued by National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), reported Express News.

Express News correspondent from Rawalpindi, Qaiser Sherazi, reported that Nadra was initially charging Rs1,000 to issue the ID cards to which the transgenders started protesting.

The protests led to the cancellation of the fees, and the transgenders celebrated by chanting slogans in the favour of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

At least 21 votes were registered and 25 NICs were issued to members of the transgender community in Rawalpindi.

The issues regarding the gender and paternity to be mentioned on the CNICs have also been resolved. The cards will now bear the father’s name of the transgenders and their gender will be termed as “female”, which is in contradiction with Nadra’s earlier announcement of providing a “third gender”.

The Nadra spokesman had said in a statement that as per the Supreme Court’s instructions, third genders can have male transgender, female transgender or “Khunsa-e-mushkil” written on their ID card as per their own will.

Last year, the Supreme Court directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to enlist transgenders as part of the voters list by contacting them.

After the court’s verdict, Shahana Abbas Shani, President of She-male Association, announced that she will contest elections as an independent candidate for Muzaffargarh PP-254 constituency of provincial assembly.

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good initiative, should have been done decades ago

its not their fault to be born defective like this

bengalis in pakistan should also get CNIC cards, they are humans and pakistanis too
 
That's a good move but they must be punished for whatever they do on roads :P
Government must provide them food and shelter...
 
^^ they are normal human beings, their sub culture is because of us. It is our society that has marginalized them... it is we who should be punished and probably would be punished !!
 

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