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NEWS ANCHOR
AND TRANSGENDER ACTIVIST MARVIA MALIK SURVIVES GUNSHOT
The
first transgender news anchor in Pakistan, Marvia Malik, was shot outside her
residence in Lahore Cantonment. She reports that two assailants started
shooting as she was walking back from a pharmacy. She was traumatised
even though Marvia Malik survives gunshot attack.
Marvia Malik Survives Gunshot
Attack
Malik
disclosed in her police statement that she had been receiving threats from
unidentified callers. She received these threats as a result
of her outspoken advocacy for transgender rights in Pakistan. Due to her
activism, many of her opponents wanted to silence her.
Malik
had already gone to Islamabad or Multan after leaving Lahore out of fear for
her life. She had travelled back to Lahore for surgery and thinks that the
murder attempt was greatly influenced by her activity.
Who is Marvia Malik?
Marvia Malik
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Marvia
Malik, who was bullied at school and later developed a rift with her family,
was born in Lahore in 1997. She wanted to be a journalist or a lawyer. She
worked as a makeup artist to pay for her graduate education and earned a mass
media degree from Punjab University.
She
made headlines when, in March 2018, she was the first openly transgender person
to hold the position of news anchor on a Pakistani news programme
for Kohenoor News. Malik has also worked as a model
in the past and walked the Pakistan Fashion Design Council catwalk. Through her
work, she hopes to alter how transgender individuals are perceived in society
Pakistani
singer Atif Aslam attends Sanjay Kapoor's birthday bash in Dubai with his wife
– see photos
Atif
looked dashing as ever in his all-black outfit. He was accompanied by his
lovely wife, Sara who looked gorgeous in a ravishing red outfit. While in one
picture, the singer is seen posing with the birthday boy, in another one, he is
seen striking a pose with Maheep and Bhavana Pandey.
In another photo, tennis player Sania Mirza posed with Atif’s
wife, Sara, actor Anil Kapoor and filmmaker-choreographer Farah Khan.
Meanwhile,
on the work front, this year Sanjay completed 32 glorious years in the film
industry. The actor made his big Bollywood debut alongside Tabu with Satish
Kaushik’s ‘Prem’. He was last seen in the web series ‘The Gone Game’.
