Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government

Abstract

If all groups of any society are not treated equally and given with opportunities to work for their
betterment then that society cannot relish the zenith of prosperity and progress. Same goes with
political opportunities. Equal political participation is the beauty of any civilized and democratic
society. From the time of Greek political philosophers, it has been seen that a polity is respected
and even raised in status if the political participation and awareness of masses is high.
Correspondingly, in the 21st century a country with stable politics, democracy and highest equal
political opportunities is considered to be developed. Especially the political rights and role of
minorities-like women, transgender and religious minorities has great significance in political
development of a society. Sad to say, Pakistan lacks political participation of minorities. Political
development of Pakistan is at its lowest. This study focuses on the political participation of
transgender community in the district Bahawalpur Punjab, Pakistan. Semi-structured interviews
had been conducted. The study finds out that political participation of transgender community
can be surged if they are educated and reserved seats are being fixed for them. The study
recommends that government should make sure to provide educational facilities to transgender
community.