Summary The transgender people in Sindh have decided to join the protest of political parties.
KARACHI (Dunya News) - After Sindh government and Karachiites rejected provisional census results, transgender community has also raised their concerns about the sixth Population and Housing Census.
The transgender people in Sindh have decided to join the protest of political parties against the provisional census results.
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The census has shown at least 10,418 transgender population in Pakistan with 6,709 in Punjab, 2,527 percent in Sindh, 913 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 109 in Balochistan, 27 in Federally Administered Tribal Areas and in 133 in Islamabad.
President of the Sindh chapter of the Gender Interactive Alliance (Gia) Bindiya Rana said that they were heartbroken after reviewing the results. While rejecting the numbers, she also told the right way to count identify the transgender population.
The Sindh government on Monday announced to call an all parties conference (APC) to decide the future plan of action on the issue. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Nisar Ahmed Khoro said that showing less population in census results is a conspiracy. Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) lawmaker said that this was done to make sure Sindh didn’t get a raise in its share in National Finance Commission (NFC) award
“Sindh will fight for it rights, our concerns have not been cleared,” he said. He said that Sindh government had demanded that a photocopy of the census form should be given at every house.
