"Police said the precise motive behind the murders was unclear, but the incident comes just days after another transgender woman was seriously injured in a knife attack at Karachi's popular Sea View Beach. "These back-to-back tragedies show that the community is being systematically targeted," said Pakistan's Gender Interactive Alliance in a statement, demanding immediate arrests, a dedicated police protection unit for transgender people and greater solidarity from the general public."
""This is not just about individual killings; it is an attempt to terrorize and silence an entire community." "When hate speech and campaigns are carried out so openly, outcomes like this are inevitable," Shahzadi Rai, a trans activist and government-appointed local councilor in Karachi, told the French AFP news agency. "Even though the state and police are on our side, killings are still occurring, which indicates that deep-rooted hatred against transgender people persists in our society.""
Three transgender women were found shot dead on a roadside near Karachi and were later buried in a local graveyard. Police said the precise motive remained unclear and Sindh's chief minister ordered a probe, urging dignity and respect for transgender people. The killings followed a separate knife attack that seriously injured another transgender woman, prompting calls for immediate arrests and a dedicated police protection unit. Activists warned that these incidents reflect systematic targeting driven by hate speech and deep-rooted societal hatred, and protesters gathered outside Jinnah Hospital during autopsies, threatening nationwide demonstrations if killers are not caught.
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