Islamabad: A transgender was shot and injured on Saturday in Pakistan's Peshawar city, police said. Police identified the victim as Deedar. Doctors at the hospital said her life is not in danger, Dawn online reported.

"She was shot in the arm, we provided initial treatment in the emergency department and later shifted her to the surgical ward," said a senior doctor of Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH). A large crowd of transgenders gathered at KTH following the incident.