Shariat Court directs Ministry of HR to establish transgender protection centre.

The Federal Shariat Court has instructed the Ministry of Human Rights to take immediate measures to establish a transgender protection centre for underage and elderly eunuchs.

A two-member Bench comprising acting Chief Justice FSC Syed Muhammad Anwer and Justice Khadim Hussain Shaikh heard a set of petitions challenging the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018.

The chief justice instructed the ministry officials to hold a...

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