In Pakistan, where gender affirmation surgery was recently legalised, Bunty is one of the few trans women who could afford to get it done safely. Bunty, who no longer uses her family name since her transition, said she went to the only doctor in the northeastern city of Lahore who performs breast augmentation surgery for trans women -- a qualified, experienced professional. she told AFP, surrounded by other trans women putting on make-up and fixing their hair. "Gender transition is legal according to the law, but practically it is not, and (it) is not accepted in society." They include three trans women whose bullet-ridden bodies were found on a roadside in the megacity of Karachi last month.