2018
Pakistan’s 2018 Transgender Persons Act is an official identity and welfare statute.
What the law allows
ID documentsIdentity documents
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018 is an identity-paper law. The Federal Shariat Court struck the self-identification sections on 19 May 2023.
National Assembly — Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018
Key dates2018–2023
2018–2023: The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018 is an identity-paper law. The Federal Shariat Court struck the self-identification sections on 19 May 2023.
National Assembly — Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018
Official sources
Asia. Official identity and welfare statute.
Full official record
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018, published in the Gazette of Pakistan after presidential assent on 18 May 2018, is an identity and welfare statute. It provides for recognition of identity, a non-discrimination rule, and government welfare duties. The Ministry of Human Rights and the Senate host the official Act text.