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Title: A first: Pak court gives go ahead for sex change operation
Post by: Shana A on May 28, 2010, 07:44:12 AM
A first: Pak court gives go ahead for sex change operation
Press Trust of India, Friday May 28, 2010, Lahore

http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/a-first-pak-court-gives-go-ahead-for-sex-change-operation-28315.php (http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/a-first-pak-court-gives-go-ahead-for-sex-change-operation-28315.php)

In the first ruling of its kind in Pakistan, a court has allowed a man suffering from gender identity disorder to undergo an operation to change his sex.

Sami Saleem, 30, had filed a petition with the Rawalpindi-based bench of the Lahore High Court in which he had said that his physical characteristics were like those of a man while his feelings and thoughts were like those of a woman.

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   LHC allows man to undergo sex change surgery
     Updated at: 2145 PST, Thursday, May 27, 2010   

http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=105577 (http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=105577)
     
     LAHORE: For the first time in the country's history, the Lahore High Court has allowed a 32-yeard-old person to change his gender from male to female through an operation.

Sami Salim, a resident of Rawalpindi, had filed an application in the LHC through his lawyer Muhammad Shams for change of sex.