A Pakistani man who tried to set up the country’s first gay club has been detained in a mental hospital by local authorities.The man, who chose not to give his identity in an interview, had filed an application to set up the club in Abbottabad, the conservative northern city where Osama bin Laden was found and killed.
Displays of affection are also frowned upon among heterosexual couples, with fornication before marriage a crime. Abbottabad’s DC office confirmed it had received the application for a gay club and was reviewing it like any other proposal.However, the application was leaked on social media, prompting fury from locals and politicians in the northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where women face limits on their ability to access education and on socialising outside their homes.
Friends said they were extremely concerned for his safety and that they had been blocked from visiting the man or finding out more information.“I do not know about his well-being for many days” they said, adding that they had “tried to find out about him a couple of times but without success”. He said that he would ask officials for a written reply on why they had rejected his petition, should it prove unsuccessful.“I have started the struggle for the rights of the most neglected community in Pakistan and I will raise my voice in every forum,” he said.
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