{"id":394321,"date":"2022-12-29T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=394321"},"modified":"2022-12-29T18:39:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T13:39:35","slug":"activists-protest-casting-of-muneeb-butt-as-transgender-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/activists-protest-casting-of-muneeb-butt-as-transgender-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists Protest Casting of Muneeb Butt as Transgender Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/muneeb-butt-to-play-pakistans-first-transgender-assistant-commissioner-in-upcoming-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Muneeb Butt<\/a> will be playing the role of the first trans assistant commissioner in his upcoming project alongside Saba Qamar, but the decision has been rejected by the Pakistani transgender community.<\/p>\n<p>The <em><strong>Koi Chand Rakh<\/strong><\/em> star wrote in the post that this role would challenge stereotypes in society.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Am really excited to announce that i am playing a very unique character of first Trans Assistant Commissioner in my upcoming project.<br \/>Something that breaks the stereotypes in our society.<br \/>Special thanks to my costar @sabaqamar7861 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Idreamentertainment?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Idreamentertainment<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ARYDigitalNetwork?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ARYDigitalNetwork<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USAid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USAid<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VNBGuqawED\">pic.twitter.com\/VNBGuqawED<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Muneeb Butt (@muneeb_butt9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/muneeb_butt9\/status\/1607088114144612353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, transgender activists were outraged by this casting choice and replied by pointing out that casting a transgender person would have been more empowering.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As a transgender rights activist, I would suggest you to hire a trans actor for this role. We don&#39;t need men to perform our lives!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aisha Mughal (@_aishamughal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_aishamughal\/status\/1607870411861102592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight active\" data-id=\"1\">Transgender activists on Twitter shared their belief that many trans people were unemployed and deserved authentic representation on public platforms. Therefore, it was not necessary to hire a man for this role.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/avatar-the-way-of-water-facing-boycott-calls-for-racism-and-culture-appropriation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Avatar: The Way of Water&#8217; Facing Boycott Calls for Racism and Culture Appropriation<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight active\" data-id=\"1\">Pakistan&#8217;s visual media has begun to present transgender people in a less traditional way. It depicts its members&#8217; struggle for basic human rights and their achievements.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>About Muneeb Butt<\/h3>\n<p>Muneeb Butt started acting in 2012 and has since featured in a number of prominent television series. Daldal (2017), Baandi (2018), Koi Chand Rakh (2018), Kaisa Hai Naseeban (2019), Yaariyan (2019), Qarar (2020), and Baddua (2021). He also appeared in Kaisa Hai Naseeban (2018), Yaariyan (2018), Qarar (2020), and Baddua (2021).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-394380 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Aiman-Butt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Aiman-Butt.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Aiman-Butt-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Aiman-Butt-768x737.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Aiman-Butt-758x727.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He is married to Aiman Khan, with whom he has appeared in serials such as Bay Qasoor (2015), Googly Muhalla (2015), Khatoon Manzil (2015), Khwab Saraye (2016), and Baandi (2018).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muneeb Butt will be playing the role of the first trans assistant commissioner in his upcoming project alongside Saba Qamar, but the decision has been rejected by the Pakistani transgender community. The Koi Chand Rakh star wrote in the post that this role would challenge stereotypes in society. Am really excited to announce that i am playing a very unique [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/activists-protest-casting-of-muneeb-butt-as-transgender-commissioner\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":394367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2506,2576,2513,2505,1293,1291,1297,2554],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-394321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-actors","8":"category-celebrity-news","9":"category-drama-serial","10":"category-instagram","11":"category-lollywood","12":"category-social-media","13":"category-tv-movies-music","14":"category-twitter"},"wps_subtitle":"They have a point after 'Joyland' had a transgender in the leading role.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Muneeb-Butt-1-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Muneeb-Butt-1-758x424.jpg",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Muneeb-Butt-1.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Syed Hassaan Ahmed","categories_name":["Actors","Celebrity News","Drama serial","Instagram","Lollywood","Social Media","TV &amp; Film","Twitter"],"title_text":"Activists Protest Casting of Muneeb Butt as Transgender Commissioner","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2506,2576,2513,2505,1293,1291,1297,2554&exclude=394321","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394321"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=394321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}