Vol. I, No. I (2016) URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2016(I-I).02 Pages: 7 – 13 DOI: 10.31703/gsr.2016(I-I).02 An Anthropological Perspective of Kinship System Among Transgender Community in Pakistan p- ISSN: 2708-2091 e-ISSN: 2708-3586 L-ISSN: 2708-2091 Muhammad Asim Nawaz * Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry † Abstract The article examines the ideas of family relationship frameworks in transgender network. Inspecting their Kinship frameworks and connections with regards to familial traditions, ceremonies, standards and qualities in transgender network. Analysts investigate how transgender characterized their connection frameworks with regards to transgender network. By leading 22 inside and out meetings from transgender individuals at their Deras (house) with snowball sampling with taking part in member perception in help bunch gatherings, get-togethers, where scientists had the option to gather wide scope of information with the assistance of key witness and use in examination. Analysts looked to comprehend the manners by which transgender individuals recognize the spot of connection in their own lives. Scientist consider the rights with regards to transgender network, power elements that are implanted in trans family relationship framework Key Words: Transgender, Transgender Kinship system, Cultural practices Introduction Human sciences plans to depict the functions of human culture and in that capacity they have examined those misused societies which have been viewed as increasingly crude with an end goal to comprehend the fundamental human culture (Edelman, 2019). Transgender people group of Multan (Pakistan) has a rich and dynamic culture and individual biographies. Their connection framework, customs, convention, names, legitimate circumstance and culture .should have been archived. Much work has been done on the wellbeing and separation issues however, the ordinarily of Transgender people group life should be uncovered with an anthropological point of view. The word transgender, conversely, has a place with an alternate request of language (Aram, 2006). Transgender people group verifiably exist in numerous social settings, known as Bakla in Philippians, Xaniths in Oman, Serrers among the Pokot Kenya, and Hijra, Jogappas, Jogtas, or Shiv in South Asia (Khan, et al., 2009). Transgender is an umbrella term for people whose sexual orientation personality, sex articulation or conduct doesn't comply with that commonly connected with the sex to which they were allocated during childbirth (Ali, 2005) (Rehan , Chaudhary, & Shah , 2009). The word Hijra is Urdu, gotten from the Arabic root hjr in its feeling of "leaving one's clan," and has been acquired into Hindi (language speaks in India). The Urdu and Hindi word Hijra may on the other hand be Romanized as Hijira, Hijda, Hijada, Hijara, Hijrah (Sinha, 2016). The Hijra standardized transgender in Continental. Hijra neither male nor female containing component both (Nanda, 1986). Eunuchs or Hijras are maimed men who don't really wear ladies' attire (Sharma, 1989). The most renowned and decent connection in transgender network is Guru-Chela family relationship. The word Guru is gotten from two roots gu: murkiness, obliviousness ru: destruction. In this way, the Guru is totally decimating the dimness where they inhabited Dera. In the early training framework Guru (master) was educator and Chela (disciple) (Neki, 1973). Transgender depicted two arrangements of connections as the foundation of their social structure, the Guru-Cela (tutor-understudy) Chatai (enrollment process) and the Maan-Bati (mother-daughter) Khail (bonds). The perfect connection between a transgender and his/her Girya (love partner) depended on affection responsibility (Khan, 2014). As per Faris Ahamd Khan, the transgender system was comprised of a few social frameworks, ethnic gatherings, and ancestries. The principle transgender social frameworks were the Hijra and Zennana systems, the Zennana and Hijra social frameworks were separated into a few subcategories. The Zenana or Hijra structure was comprised of four gatherings Daira (circles like caste system), including the Marzai Daira (King circle), Ravannay Daira (Henchman circle), Muhavti Daira (this circle transgender individuals lying sheet in social capacity) and Chandni Daira (this circle transgender * Student, Department of Anthropology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. Email: asimmux@gmail.com † Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, PMAS-AAUR, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.