 [IMAGES.DAWN] The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) on Monday issued a licence to a transgender woman for the first time on the special directives of the capital police’s chief.
The inspector general of police (IGP) issued the directives that the man woman, Laila Ali, had been driving his her its sner car without a licence for a decade.
Laila Ali, who is listed as Mohammad Ali on his her its sner CNIC and driving licence, told Dawn s/he/it was visiting the IGP office to discuss the issues and problems faced by the transgender community in the federal capital, including victimisation by the police. She said that about a fortnight ago, the police had registered a false case against some transgender women and arrested s/them. |