From Traffic Signals to City Courts: How Pakistan&...

Summary

• A few years later, the same woman was maneuvering among the throng of black-coated attorneys at Karachi’s City Courts searching for her client — as Pakistan’s first transgender lawyer.
• *”I am proud to have become Pakistan’s first transgender lawyer,”* Rao said.
• *“My goal is to become Pakistan’s first transgender judge,”* she said.

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KARACHI : At a busy traffic signal in Karachi, cars would stop and a young transgender woman would move from window to window seeking a few rupees. A few years later, the same woman was maneuvering among the throng of black-coated attorneys at Karachi’s City Courts searching for her client — as Pakistan’s first transgender lawyer.

Lawyer Nisha Rao, 28, carved a path from the streets to the courtroom, inspiring many others.

*”I am proud to have become Pakistan’s first transgender lawyer,”* Rao said.