Transgender person shot dead in Peshawar

APP Published January 3, 2026

PESHAWAR: A transgender person was gunned down by an unknown assailant at Shagai Bridge in Hassan Gari area here on Friday.

The police said the transgender individual had been identified as Bijli and reason behind the killing was currently unknown.

The police shifted the body to hospital for postmortem.

Published in Dawn, January 3rd, 2026

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