Pakistan’s First Ever Transgender Newscaster Appeared on TV

One of Pakistan's local broadcasting channel recently made history by hiring the country's first transgender newscaster, Maavia Malik. 

The first Pakistani transgender newscaster appeared on TV months after Pakistan Senate approved the bill for protection of transgender persons empowering them to determine their own gender identity.

Maavia is the first ever transgender newscaster to have been hired in any broadcasting of Pakistan.