Pakistan’s first transgender information anchor survived a gunshot after she was attacked exterior her residence in Lahore on Thursday. Marvia Malik, 26, narrowly escaped an assassination bid whereas coming back from a pharmacy when two attackers opened hearth on her, Dawn reported.

Malik advised police that she had been receiving threatening requires a while for elevating the voice for the transgender neighborhood in Pakistan and cited her “activism” as the explanation behind the assault.

Malik, who had moved out of Lahore fearing for her security, had returned for some days to town for a surgical procedure when the incident occurred, the Dawn report added.

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In 2018, Malik made historical past by changing into the primary transgender individual to turn out to be a information anchor within the Islamic Republic. She was employed by Pakistan-based Kohenoor News however revealed in a number of interviews that it was not a straightforward highway to land the feat.

“Like other trans people, I did not get any support from my family. On my own, I did some menial jobs and continued my studies. I had always wanted to be a news anchor, and my dream came true when I got selected,” she had mentioned to American broadcaster Voice of America in a telephonic interview.

Through her work, she hopes to vary the notion in regards to the transgender neighborhood. “If given the chance, transgender people are equally capable of doing anything,” she advised information company AP in a previous interview. “Our degrees are of no use…even if we seek jobs, we get rejected due to our identity, I want to change this mindset,” she mentioned.