Six booked for attacking transgender

The Punjab Police have filed a charge sheet against six men accused of harassing a transgender in Sialkot after yet another case of violence against transgender person surfaced through social media.

On January 28, Advocate Saleem Baloch, on Twitter, shared a disturbing video of a transgender being insulted and brutally beaten up by a group of men in Sialkot's Saidanwali area. In the video, the victim can be seen begging the perpetrators to stop beating her, but the vile act continues for a while.

The gory footage of the transgender person under attack had gone went viral instantly, sparking uproar among netizens calling for action against the culprits. While the transgender community continues to suffer human rights abuses amid growing incidents of violence, the viral video helped Punjab police arrest the assailants.

Even though transgender persons make up a significant portion of Pakistan’s population, they continue to struggle for representation and still bear the brunt of cultural and legal discrimination on a regular basis.