A transgender person was killed when gunmen barged into his house and opened fire in Mansehra city of Khyber Paktunkhwa, police said on Tuesday.
The police said Farhan alias Hani, a resident of Abbottabad, was staying at a rented house in Nari Muhalla of Mansehra city.
The police arrived on the crime scene after being informed about the incident by his neighbors.
The investigators collected bullet casings and other evidence from the scene after shifting the body to the District Hospital Mansehra for medico-legal formalities.
The police said motive behind the murder was yet to be known.
At least 500 transgender people have so far been killed in Pakistan since 2015, the Supreme Court was told on Wednesday.
These statistics were revealed by the secretary of the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan, who is heading the court-formed commission to ensure that transgender community members get computerised national identity cards.
The court announced that it will offer jobs to two transgender people, adding that the details of this will be shared later.
“We are trying to bring transgender people into the mainstream,” remarked Chief Justice Saqib Nisar. “We are here to protect their rights.”
NADRA Chairperson Usman Yousaf Mobin said as many as 342 transgender people have been issued identity cards. However, many transgender people are not willing to register with the database authority, he added.
The court issued notices to Qamar Naseem, a transgender rights activist in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The commission head said that Naseem’s organisation Blue Vein has miscalculated data and published it on its website.
“What non-government organisation is spreading false information and bringing country a bad name?” asked the top judge. The next hearing will be held in two weeks.
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