JUI-F moves Shariat court against transgender act
Party chief claims law is against Islam, says he will submit amendments to parliament
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), an ally of the government and part of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), has challenged the Transgender Protection Act, 2018, in the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on Friday.
In the petition, the JUI-F requested that the act be declared against Shariat, adding that “no law can be made against Quran and Sunnah in the country”.
The FSC fixed the party’s application for a preliminary hearing on Monday, October 3.
On September 26, the Transgender Act Amendment Bill 2022 related to the protection of transgenders had been presented in the House by PTI Senator Fauzia Arshad and was then handed over to the relevant Standing Committee by the Chairman Senate.
In recent days, the high-level meeting of the Islamic Ideological Council also said that the transgender law may cause new social problems and that several provisions in the act as a whole are not compatible with Shariah principles.
The recently passed Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act by the National Assembly, was enacted in 2018. The law allows transgender persons equal rights to education, basic health facilities, writing their transgender identity on their identity cards and passports, besides the right to vote and contest elections.
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