ALBAWABA - Pakistan recently made headlines after announcing that it detained a man in a mental hospital after trying to open the country's first-ever gay club.
The man in question who wished to not be named during an interview with the Telegraph claimed that he filed an application for the club to be set in Abbottabad which is a conservative city located in northern Pakistan where Osama Bin Laden died.
Written in the application, he said, "great convenience and resource for many homosexual, bisexual and even some heterosexual people residing in Abbottabad in particular, and in other parts of the country in general."
Pakistan puts man in mental hospital after setting up first-ever gay club
This statement naturally caused destress in Pakistan as gay sex is illegal in the country and whoever does it can be jailed between two years and a whopping lifetime. Pakistan is also known to have a conservative Islamic culture making it difficult for gay people to express themselves and their feelings.
The application added that the club was going to be named "Lorenzo gay club" and that "there would be no gay (or non-gay) sex (other than kissing)."
Abbottabad's office told Telegram that they received the application and looked into it like any other proposal it gets sent from locals.
Pakistan's first-ever gay club leaked on social media
The application was leaked on social media triggering a swarm of angry comments from Pakistani users and politicians alike.
Leader of the Right-wing Pakistan Awami Tehreek, Naseer Khan Nazir stated that if opening the club was granted, there would be "very severe consequences." Another MP from the party also stated that he would burn the building down if the club was granted permission to open.
According to the Telegraph, the applicant was detained at Sarhad Hospital for psychiatric disease in Peshawar on May 9, 2024, but the news circulated just recently.
