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Transgender--- ----Identity---Unknown parentage---Petitioner was a transgender (eunuch) and authorities declined to renew his computerized National Identity Card on the ground that his parentage was not known and he referred to the name of his guru---Validity---Gender identity was one of the most fundamental aspects of life which referred to person's intrinsic sense of being male, female or transgender---Every one was entitled to enjoy all human rights without discrimination on the basis of gender identity and recognition every where as a person before law---High Court observed that mindset of the society needed change and to realize that a person of diverse gender identity should also enjoy legal capacity in all aspects of life---Transgenders/eunuchs were as respectable and dignified citizens of Pakistan as any other person and they were also entitled for all Fundamental Rights including right of education, property and right of life which included quality of life and livelihood---Transgenders could not be deprived of their rights including right to obtain Computerised National Identity Card or citizenship for mere reason that they were transgenders/eunuchs and did not know whereabouts of their parents without any fault of their own---Public functionaries and policy makers were desired to be more sensitive towards restoring dignity of transgender community rather adding to their existing plight---High Court directed that copy of present along with copy of policy be forwarded to all concerned including the Federal as well as Provincial Secretary Law, to circular the widely within Pakistan so as to ensure that maximum members of transgenders community be benefited; Chairman PEMRA shall also ensure that clause 2 of the policy for launching awareness compaign be implemented through all modes of communication---Constitutional petition was allowed in circumstances. Civil Petition No. 43 of 2009 and Dr. Muhammad Aslam Khaki and another v. Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations), Rawalpindi and others 2013 SCMR 187 ref. THIS JUDGMENT DELIVERED BY: ABID AZIZ SHEIKH, JUSTICE:---.--- This constitutional petition has been filed for issuing direction to the…

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