An application to open a same-sex club called Lorenzo in the northern Pakistani city of Abbottabad was rejected after protests from residents and politicians, and the applicant was sent to a psychiatric hospital in Peshawar for compulsory treatment. A same-sex supporter who tried to open Pakistan's first gay club has been sent to compulsory treatment. This was achieved as a result of joint efforts of citizens and politicians, writes "Gazeta. After an application was submitted to open a club named "Lorenzo" in Abbottabad, in the north of the country, the authorities began to consider it in the usual way.
His friends are deeply concerned about his safety and have been unable to visit him or get more information. The man, who chose to remain anonymous, applied to open the club in Abbottabad, a conservative region in Pakistan. Gay sex is illegal in Pakistan and can lead to up to two years in prison, though this is rarely enforced. Homosexuality is generally frowned upon, making it hard to be openly gay.
A man who tried to establish Pakistan's first gay club was detained in a mental hospital by local authorities, according to The Telegraph. Bin Laden was killed there in According to The Telegraph, the man wrote in the application filed to the city's deputy commissioner that the club would be a "great convenience and resource for many homosexual, bisexual, and even some heterosexual people residing in Abbottabad in particular. Same-sex intercourse in Pakistan is punishable by imprisonment ranging from two years up to a life sentence.
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