Shiva Kachhi's desperate appeal has brought back into spotlight Pakistan's poor minority rights record. A minority rights activist in Pakistan's Sindh province has said that his life is in danger as he received death threats from an Islamist group for speaking up against forced conversion of Hindu girls. Kachhi, the founder of the minority rights organisation Darawar Itehad, alleged that clerics associated with Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (Sarhindi group) have issued calls for his killing. "I am a peaceful human rights defender and minority rights activist. State of minorities in PakShiva Kachhi's desperate appeal has brought back into spotlight Pakistan's poor minority rights record.

Source: dna January 18, 2026 13:42 UTC