Transgender Persons Act challenged in LHC
- 20-Oct-2022
LAHORE: The Transgender Persons Act 2018 has been challenged in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday, ARY News reported. Advocate Muddasir Chaudhry challenged the Transgender Persons Act, claiming that the law was in contradiction with Islamic principles. The federal government and other concerned have been made respondents in the case. The law should be […]
JUI-F moves Shariat court against Transgender Persons Act
- 30-Sep-2022
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) has moved Federal Shariat Court against the Transgender Persons Act 2018, claiming that the law was in contradiction with Islamic principles, ARY News reported on Friday. According to details, the JUI-F has filed a petition in Federal Shariat Court, challenging the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) (Amendment) Bill, 2022. The […]
CII deems Transgender Persons Act un-Islamic
- 27-Sep-2022
ISLAMABAD: Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Tuesday deemed Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) (Amendment) Bill, 2022 un-Islamic and not in line with the Sharia, ARY News reported. In a statement, the top religious body said that many sections of the Transgender Act 2018 are not in conformity with Islamic teachings and could add to social […]
Transgender Persons Act: Senate body forwards draft amendments to CII
- 24-Sep-2022
ISLAMABAD: The Senate body on human rights forwarded draft amendments in the Transgender Persons Act to the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), ARY News reported on Friday. The draft amendments presented by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Senator Mushtaq Ahmed Khan were forwarded to the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) by the Senate body on human rights. The […]
Transgender bill: Law minister rejects ‘baseless propaganda’
- 22-Sep-2022
ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar has rejected ‘baseless propaganda’ against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act and said that misconceptions were created regarding the law as it was repugnant to Islamic injunctions, ARY News reported on Thursday. While addressing a press conference alongside Adviser to PM for Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira […]