MANSEHRA: The five transgender persons suffered critical injuries when a man fired at them in the Upper Channia area here Sunday night.The condition of four of them is highly critical as they.
Transgender persons want protection law implemented
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January 24, 2021
MANSEHRA: Nadra Khan, head of Hazara Transgender Association, has demanded the Police Department to ensure implementation of the protection law, which was passed by the National Assembly for the security of the community in the 2018.
“The attack and killing of the transgender persons have increased in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in order to bring such cases to an end, the Police Department should ensure implementation of the transgender protection law in Hazara and rest of the province,” Nadra Khan told reporters here on Saturday.
She said that the former district police officer Mansehra, Zaibullah Khan, had evolved a code of ethics for the safety of transgender persons in the district, which was yet be enforced.“According to an agreed code of conduct, owners of buildings, where the transgender persons living, would install the closed-circuit cameras,” said Nadra Khan.
Pakistan ready to spend $36 mn more to bail out Roosevelt Hotel, its prime asset in New York
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New Delhi: Pakistan Thursday considered a second bailout package to save the Roosevelt Hotel in New York that is owned by the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).
Pakistan’s Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) discussed setting up a committee to approve the second bailout package of $36 million for the hotel.
Four months ago, the committee had approved $142 million to clear the immediate financial requirements of the hotel, and another $13 million as annual carrying cost until a lease agreement with a joint venture partner is finalised.
Pakistan s transgender people demand respect
Transgender people continue to suffer human rights abuses and growing incidents of violence
Nadra Khan is campaigning for justice after a bank manager rejected her application to open an account.
“People make us dance but enjoy bank accounts. The dancers can’t have one. I perform in functions for my bread. I don’t have any other source of income. You have insulted me,” she said in a video posted on Facebook on Jan. 15.
“Most of our community members in Pakistan do not own houses. We can’t loot or steal. Banks should instead provide us interest-free loans for housing, car finance and business. Do something good.”