PESHAWAR: In order to represent the community’s need for respectable income streams outside of the customary dance performances at parties, a transgender person has opened a boutique company in the city.

Sheeba Hassan formally launched her boutique business on Thursday in the name of ‘Trans Collection at Gulbahar area. TransAction Khyber Pakhtunkhwa president Farzana Riaz inaugurated the shop and expressed the hope that the initiative would encourage other community members to opt for different businesses and skilled based earning sources.

Sheeba Hassan formally opened her boutique, ‘Trans Collection’, in the Gulbahar neighbourhood on Thursday. TransAction Khyber Pakhtunkhwa president. Farzana Riaz opened the store, and expressed the hope that initiative would inspire other community members to opt for different businesses and skilled based earning sources.

A number of transgender community members from different cities of KP arrived for participation at the inauguration ceremony. Trans Collection offers best luxury clothes, formal wear, beautiful lehenga sets, and jeans for people of different age and choices.

The boutique also offers online shopping and buyers can also avail from home delivery services, informed Sheeba Hassan.

Talking to APP, Sheeba said she had invested around 1.5 million rupees for starting and a large number of her community colleagues wanted to start business but were short of funding.

She urged government and non-governmental organisations to extend support to trans community in their bid of opting for honourable earning.

She said in several districts ban had been imposed on dance performances and transgender community had to search for other sources of earning.

She was hopeful that Sheeba’s business would progress and serve as a source of inspiration for other community members to learn different skills and start businesses.

Published in Dawn, November 15th, 2024