Unemployment is an underlying malaise eating through the flesh and bone of the country. Every year the budget is labeled as poor-friendly, but it’s no more than a pack of lies for the impoverished class. The poor is getting poorer and the rich piling up wealth. Every Pakistani aspires to make an honest living but it’s not easy. Mostly illegal ways like robbery, theft, corruption, and prostitution are used to meet one’s basic financial needs.

Some deprived, disappointed and help-less Pakistani youth have come up with the most painful way to cope with unemployment and poverty. It’s very difficult to imagine even a very minor operation without anesthesia. But these ill-fated youth are being castrated daily without anesthesia and sterilized surgical instruments. This painful practice has been widely used nowadays in Abbotabad and other cities by poverty-stricken youth.

First these youth approach a Guru (Leader) of Hijra (Transsexual) community, and then volunteer themselves for castration. The Guru performs a simple but dangerous surgery. He simply removes the sexual organs of his disciples and then applies mustard oil and cotton to the operated organs. After this terrible maneuver they suffer the loss of their sexual power and live the rest of their lives as Hijras (transsexuals).

After castration they are ordered to wear women’s outfits and use medicines to enlarge their breasts. After the development of breast, they begin to work as prostitutes. Two thousand men have so far been castrated during the last two years and their number is mounting day by day.

“I was driven from pillar to post in search of a job, and as a last resort I decided to become a Hijra (Transsexual) prostitute”, said a Transsexual.

Majority of the transsexuals is happy with their newly-changed body and profession.”I earn Rs 2000 daily and I’m satisfied with my life”, said a freshly-shaven Hijra.”Castration is much better than living a life full of tensions”, a newly-converted Hijra unburden his self.

The term “Hijra” is an abusive word in the Indo-Pak culture and a coward, omnipotent person is referred to as Hijra or Kusra. It’s a matter of shame for our rulers that instead of becoming Scientists, Doctors, and Engineers, our young-generation is curving out its living as Hijras(Eunuchs, transsexual). The government should take tangible steps to curb the problem of unemployment.