Pakistan to register 'third sex' hijras

[Natasha]

Pakistan to register 'third sex' hijras

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/18/pakistan-transgender-hijra-third-sex
7/18/09

Pakistan's supreme court recently ruled that all hijras, the Urdu catch-all term for its transvestite, transgender and eunuch community, will be registered by the government as part of a survey that aims to integrate them further into society. The ruling followed a petition by Islamic jurist Dr Mohammad Aslam Khaki, who said the purpose was to "save them from a life of shame".