An imam interviewed by the UK gay of Pakistani origin admits that “fanatics” exist who will murder homosexuals. One gay Pakistani is heard to say, “No one speaks up for us.”īroadly speaking, Muslim leaders in Pakistan see homosexuality as a disease. When such parties take place, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people join in with gays. Homosexuality is illegal in Pakistan and, when people were surveyed about matters to do with sexuality in 2013, only 2% of the population said that homosexuality was acceptable.īecause gay men can be stoned to death, great secrecy surrounds where parties for gay men take place, usually in night clubs or other venues that are used only once so that it is difficult for the authorities to predict where the next party will be held. Pakistan is a nation state where the vast majority of the population – about 95% – allege that they have a faith commitment, and, of those who subscribe to a faith, the religion the vast majority adhere to – about 90% of the country’s population – is Islam (very few Hindus, Sikhs or Christians remain in Pakistan, and those who subscribe to other religions are even smaller in number or non-existent).