ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani said that the Senate of Pakistan would play its due role for the protection of the rights of transgender and would work for necessary legislation to this effect on Friday.
He expressed these views while having a meeting with a delegation of Task Force on Transgender at the Parliament House.
Chairperson of the Task force Senator Rubina Khalid and Convener of the Special Committee on Marginalized Segments of Society Senator Nisar Muhammad Malakand were also present during the meeting which was participated by the representatives of the transgender from different areas of the country, Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat and other stakeholders.
Rabbani said that the Senate of Pakistan took notice of an incident in which a transgender was targeted and the matter was referred to the committee on marginalized segments with a view to look into the issues confronting the transgender so as they could be made part of mainstream spectrum of the society.
The Senate Standing Committee is in the process of formulating its recommendations for legislations to this effect.
He asked the chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Marginalized Segments and the Chairperson of the Taskforce on Transgender to deliberate the problems and issues being faced by the transgender and take other stakeholders on board for necessary legislation. He said that a comprehensive bill may be introduced in the Senate. He further said that judgment of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to this effect may also be taken into consideration for legislation.
The representatives of the transgender apprized the Chairman about their problems and the efforts being done at different for resolving these issues.
