EXPRESS TRIBUNE on 'Transgender Bill' of Pakistan - 23rd September, 2022
[NOTE: This news story is being shared to highlight the concerned issue (especially with regards to proposed obnoxious homosexuality rights in Pakistan) and it is not about supporting any political party even if some individuals have raised a valid moral concern]
The Transgender Rights Act, according to Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Sirajul Haq, is against Islamic Sharia.
The recently passed Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act by the National Assembly, was enacted in 2018. The law allows transgender persons equal rights to education, basic health facilities, writing their transgender identity on their identity cards and passports, besides the right to vote and contest elections.
However, some religious parties are of the opinion that this bill is actually an attempt to give legal protection to homosexuality in the country. Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has even challenged the law in the Federal Shariat Court (FSC).
Maulana Fazlur Rahman, an ally of the government and head of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), has said that the law is against the teachings” of the Holy Quran and Sunnah and added that he would submit amendments to it in parliament.
For more, visit: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2378185/1
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