PESHAWAR: Three transgender persons and their driver were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in was attacked by gunmen in the limits of Pahari Pura police station here in the wee hours of Sunday.

An official of the Pahari Pura police station said that reason for the attack, carried out by some locals, was stated to be an old dispute.

The injured were identified as Amjid Ali, Zahoor, Shayan and their driver, Faizan.

According to the FIR registered with the police, the transgender persons were returning to Peshawar from a music programme in Charsadda.

The FIR was registered by a transgender person, Maheen Mohammad, who remained unhurt in the incident.

She told the police that upon reaching Peshawar while they were moving in their car near Kabotar Chow, suspects, including Noman, Ijaz and another person, opened fire on them from a white car, in which they were chasing the transgender persons.

She further said that the injured persons were shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital for treatment.

Published in Dawn, September 12th, 2022

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