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· According to Al Jazeera Media Network, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan is adamant about protecting the transgender population of the country and is launching a new healthcare scheme for this group.

· How can philanthropists support transgender rights around the world?

· Read more about transgender rights and how to help.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday launched a health scheme for the transgender community in the Muslim-majority country.

The Sehat Insaf Card, which falls under the government's Sehat Sahulat Program, is a schemedesigned to improve healthcare access and provide free medical treatment to underprivileged sectors of Pakistani society.

"Today, the cards we have given out is the first acknowledgement and a great step towards the transgender community, which had been long ignored," Khan said at the launch, according to local media reports.

"Unfortunately, with a heavy heart I have to say that people don't have empathy for our transgender community who live such a hard life," he said.

Khan said his government was resolute in protecting the transgender population of Pakistan, while also working to change attitudes of the general public towards the community.

Read the full article about protecting Pakistan's transgender population at Al Jazeera Media Network.