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Pakistan's transgender community lives in fear

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Fatima Nazish in Peshawar, Pakistan
August 10, 2025

In Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, violence against the transgender community is on the rise. They face extortion threats and physical violence, with at least 157 transgender individuals killed in the past decade.

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