Islamabad, Feb. 18 (TNS): In a major development, transgender persons will be part of a team of more than 150 boy scouts being sent to Saudi Arabia to serve as volunteers during Hajj 2018, local media quoting officials reported on Sunday.
IPC Sindh Boys Scouts Commissioner told local media that efforts for sending transgender youth to Saudi Arabia to serve as Khuddamul Hujjaj are underway.
Blue Veins, a transgender welfare organisation, is coordinating with the IPC in this initiative.
“At least two to three transgender persons will be selected from each of the remaining three provinces for joining the scouting community that leaves for Saudi Arabia every year,” he said.
He said recently 40 transgender youth from Sindh were administered oath on joining the Pakistan Boy Scouts Association (PBSA) – a national scouting organisation and one of the largest volunteer forces in the country.
The transgender persons would be part of a team of more than 150 boy scouts, he said, adding that last year over a hundred boy scouts had been sent.
