Zahid aka Nomi to serve as cook at BISP headqu­arters­ISLAMABAD . : For the first time in the history of Pakistan, a transgender person has been given a job in the federal government. Recently, the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has hired Muhammad Zahid alias Nomi, a transgender person, on contingent basis equivalent to SPS-04 in its headquarter in Islamabad, according to a notification issued by the BISP. Nomi who belongs to Faisalabad but currently living in Bari Imam, Islamabad has been hired as cook and serving at the BISP’s cafeteria. For Nomi, this job is like a dream come true as earlier she used to earn money by dancing.

Source: The Express Tribune September 30, 2018 03:11 UTC