The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on Friday said that members of the transgender community were a suppressed class, and their case should not be linked with ‘homosexuality’.
A three-member bench of the FSC, headed by Chief Justice Muhammad Noor Meskanzai, heard the petition, seeking provision of rights to the transgender as well as permission to change one’s gender.
Justice Syed Muhammad Anwar expressed the apprehension that the principle of Yoga Karta, that opposes legislation against same-sex marriages, the Ministry of Human Rights was relying on in the case in fact promoted homosexuality. INP
