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There’s a new voter group in town – Pakistan’s transgender community. With newly granted voting rights, members of the Khawaja Sarra community can now vote and contest elections not as males, but rather as recognised members of a third gender.
Enter President of the Sindh chapter of the Gender Interactive Alliance (Gia) Bindiya Rana, a transgender social worker and rights activist who decided to take the plunge and contest elections from provincial assembly seat PS-114. The constituency, also home to electables such as MQM’s Rauf Siddiqui and PML-N’s Irfanullah Marwat, includes several working-class localities of Karachi like Azam Basti, Baloch Colony and Akhtar Colony. Read the full story here.
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Apr 21, 2013 11:50am
Goodluck Bindia !
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Apr 21, 2013 11:13am
Better than NS, IK, and Zaradari.
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Apr 21, 2013 12:57pm
wHY transgender did not get rights in the past and responsable not to give the they abused the instruction ,speaches of founder of pakistan. all the khaja sara should not vote for the past government and thieir alliance and they should support to young generation
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Apr 22, 2013 01:21am
Good luck Bindia! I would vote for you if I were in Karachi...
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Apr 20, 2013 09:53am
I am happy, they are human beings, lets treat them like that and give them all the rights.
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Apr 20, 2013 12:45pm
better thinking and concerns then most of the main parties. My support for TGs
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Apr 20, 2013 02:32pm
It is hard to speak for rights and great to see the dominant accepting it..
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Apr 20, 2013 04:02pm
Good luck Bindia! I am happy to see that TGs are fighting for their rights. May Allah and people of Pakistan support you in the upcoming elections.
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Apr 21, 2013 12:45am
Good luck, you are part of pakistan, its tough but not impossible.
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