Transgender person held for posing as mosque Imam in Rawalpindi.

RAWALPINDI -- Police lodged a case on Friday against a transgender person who allegedly concealed his identity to perform the duties of an Imam (prayer leader) at a local mosque in Rawalpindi, media reported.

Officers from the Rawat police station arrested suspect Muhammad Khan following a complaint registered by local residents.

Complainant Raja Shafiq alleged that Khan had been leading prayers at the mosque for almost a year and a half and had also led many funeral prayers.

He claimed that Khan left the imamat of the mosque last month after which local residents...