The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018, the Parliament of Pakistan's own statute, legally recognizes and protects the rights of transgender persons, including members of the khwaja sira community. Its strength is that it is the primary legislative text itself, the authoritative record of what the law provides. Its limit is that it is the statute's own text, not an independent scholarly account of khwaja sira tradition and its place within South Asian Islamic and cultural practice, which needs separate sources.
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Reliability tier 1: the primary legislative text itself, the authoritative record of what the law provides. NotesThe Parliament of Pakistan's own statute protecting the rights of transgender persons (2018); the legislative text itself, not an independent scholarly account of khwaja sira tradition.
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AuthorParliament of Pakistan
PublisherGovernment of Pakistan
Publication Year2018
Source TypeStatute
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- Religious Roles & Titles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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