Degree
BS (Social Sciences & Liberal Arts)
Faculty / School
School of Economics and Social Sciences (SESS)
Department
Department of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts
Date of Award
Spring 2026
Date of Submission
2026-07-25
Advisor
Parmal Ahmed, Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences
Committee
Ramsha Siddiqui, Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences
Project Type
SSLA Culminating Experience
Access Type
Restricted Access
Keywords
British colonisation, Indian partition, legislation, transgender, language, oral history, gender, sexuality.
Abstract
This study aims to explore different legislations in the subcontinent from the colonial era up till the present day in post-partition Pakistan that targeted various forms of gender expressions and sexualities and deemed them criminal and/or targeted the transgender community. Spatially, this research will be focused on the areas to the north and west of colonial India and modern-day Pakistan and the laws that were implemented in these areas, before and after 1947, respectively. In terms of the temporal dimensions, this research will be divided into three parts: laws enacted before 1871, the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871, and legislation enacted after 1871 up to the 21st century. Methodologically, this research will employ an extensive reading of different legal documents and laws, theoretical frameworks devised by different scholars, as well as qualitative interviews with contemporary activists to gain a perspective on the way things operate in modern-day Pakistan.
Pages
52
Recommended Citation
Asim, Z. (2026). From the Criminal Tribes Act to the Vagrancy Ordinance: Colonial Legacies in the Policing and Marginalization of Transgender Communities in Pakistan (Unpublished undergraduate project). Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan. Retrieved from https://ir.iba.edu.pk/sslace/431
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