The Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court (FSC), Dr Syed Muhammad Anwar, directed the Ministry of Human Rights to establish a specialised protection center for transgender children.
A two-member bench of FSC including Chief Justice Anwer and Justice Khadim Hussain Sheikh heard a petition regarding the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2018.
During the hearing on Thursday, the Chief Justice remarked that the human rights ministry appeared insincere in the provision of rights to transgender children.
The committee will include Rabiya Javeria Agha, Chairperson of the National Commission for Human Rights, Zamurd Khan, the Chairperson of Sweet Homes, representatives of the Akhuwat Foundation and leaders of the transgender community.
The Court also ordered that a progress report be submitted on the establishment of the Child Protection Centre.
During the hearing, Rabiya Javeria Agha, while briefing the honourable court about existing child protection mechanisms, said that there is already a child protection center in the Capital.
The court also expressed concern about the treatment meted out to transgender kids by their families. The court noted that in most cases the families abandoned these children and they were then influenced by predators and mafia which led them to become sex workers.
