Pakistani man who tried to set up the country’s first gay club ‘after returning from the UK’ is held in a mental hospital

A Pakistani man who tried to start the country’s first gay club has been thrown into a psychiatric hospital after religious abuse conservatives claimed he only did this after he returned from Britain.

The man, who was not identified by the Telegraph, applied to set up the club in Abbottabad, a conservative city in the country’s north, home to almost 240 million people.

The man said in an application filed with city officials that the proposed club, which Lorenzo is said to have rejected, would be a “great convenience and resource for many gay, bisexual and even some heterosexual people living in Abbottabad in particular, and in particular in Abbottabad. other parts of the country in general.”

But gay sex is punishable in the Netherlands Pakistan, and is punishable by imprisonment of up to two years. Additionally, a deeply conservative culture can make it difficult to be openly gay.

So much so that the man was transferred to Sarhad Mental Hospital in Peshawar on May 9.

The man, who was not identified by the Telegraph, applied to set up the club in Abbottabad, a conservative city in northern Pakistan.

Gay sex is a criminal offense in Pakistan and punishable by prison sentences of up to two years (File image)

He received a lot of criticism from both local citizens and politicians for his application.

The leader of the Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI) party, a conservative religious group in the region, claimed that the applicant who tried to form the club had recently returned from a visit to Britain.

A local MP from Pakistan’s far-right Awami Tehreek party said he would have doused the club with petrol and set it on fire, while the party’s leader, Naseer Khan Nazir, said there would be “very serious consequences” if the club was allowed to go upstairs.

His friends, who were not named, said they were terrified for his well-being and were unable to visit him or access any information about him.

“Everyone is afraid that talking about it will put them in danger,” said one.

“I have known nothing about his well-being for days,” they said, adding that they had “tried to find out more about him a few times but without success.”

Before being sent to the psychiatric hospital, he told the newspaper: “I talk about human rights and I want everyone’s human rights to be defended.”

“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.

“If the authorities refuse, I will go to court and I hope that the Pakistani court, like the Indian court, will rule in favor of gays.”

His application states that there would have been ‘no homosexual (or non-gay) sex (other than kissing)’ in the club.

The application added: ‘A clearly visible message on the wall would warn: no sex on location. This would mean that there are no legal restrictions (even outdated ones such as [anti-sodomy] PPC section 377) would be ignored on the ground.”