The sad story of Chahat
Time and again we have read stories or seen videos where violence against transgenders is shown and even glorified
This writer is the former editor of The Express Tribune and can be reached @Tribunian
In November 2020, a transgender person named Chahat (not her real name) was expelled from Kohat district for being “a threat to the area’s law and order situation”. The expulsion was ordered of all people by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister’s adviser on Science and Technology, Ziaullah Bangash. This was done after a clash between two groups of men had occurred at a wedding ceremony where Chahat was performing as a dancer. The clash resulted in the death of five persons and injury to several others.