On the 19th of December in 2017, a Senate committee approved the Transgender Person (Protection of Rights) Bill 2017, which would give transgender people full legal protection. It also provides for a clear definition of transgender and provides them relief in case of need of medical and other facilities. The Pakistani Senate debated the bill's final approval and was approved on the 7th of March in 2018, after which the bill was sent to the National Assembly of PAKISTAN, with immediate effect thereof respectively.