UPDATE/Pakistan- Despite issues, transgenders celebrate voting rights

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Despite issues, transgenders celebrate voting rights


By Asad Kharal / Iftikhar Firdous / Mudassir Raja / Rabia Ali / Published: January 26, 2012

http://tribune.com.pk/story/327396/special-report-despite-issues-transgenders-celebrate-voting-rights/


Transgender community celebrates outside a NADRA office in Lahore. PHOTO: NNI


RAWALPINDI/ KARACHI/PESHAWAR/LAHORE:

Transgenders took a giant leap towards becoming fully fledged citizens of the land as voter registration for the community began in Punjab. They were also issued with Computerised National Identity Cards (CNIC) by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA).

Special counters have been established across the province to ensure the registration of all eunuchs, thought to number about 13,500 in Punjab. At least 45 votes were registered to transgenders in Lahore alone on Wednesday.

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Election time: Voter registration for transgenders kicks off in Sindh

The Express Tribune

By Our Correspondent | Published: January 29, 2012

http://tribune.com.pk/story/328669/election-time-voter-registration-for-transgenders-kicks-off-in-sindh/

KARACHI/SUKKUR:

The process of applying for Computerised National Identity Cards (CNIC) and voter registration for transgender as voters began across the province on Saturday, said the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) deputy chairperson Tariq Malik.