Sindh Activist Faces Death Threats for Exposing Forced Conversion Network

• Shiva Kachhi, a minority rights activist in Pakistan's Sindh province, is receiving death threats for intervening in cases of alleged abduction and forced conversion of underage Hindu girls.
• Threats are linked to hardline groups like Pir Sarhindi and the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), accused of running an organized forced-conversion racket.
• Underage Hindu girls, primarily from marginalized communities, are allegedly abducted, taken to religious shrines (like Pir Sarhindi's), coerced into converting to Islam, and married off.
• Rights organizations estimate hundreds to over 1,000 minority girls, mostly Hindus, face forced conversion annually in Sindh, with families often too poor or fearful to act.
• Kachhi's work, which includes reuniting girls with families, has led to accusations of being "anti-Islam" and "anti-state," labels used to incite violence and silence dissent.

Why It Matters: A Sindh activist faces severe threats for exposing and combating Pakistan's forced conversion networks targeting Hindu girls.