Two Hindu Girls 'Abducted' in Pakistan's Sindh Province; Community Demands Protection

Shiva Kachi, Hindu community leader, Hyderabad: "We are getting information about such incidents nearly every week now from different parts of the province and nobody seems to care. There is so much fear in the Hindu community now."

Two Hindu girls abducted from their houses in Pakistan's southern Sindh province within a fortnight have sparked criticism from the community who demanded the government put in place safeguards to end "frequent kidnappings" and "forced conversions".

Shiva Kachi, Hindu community leader, Hyderabad: "We are getting information about such incidents nearly every week now from different parts of the province and nobody seems to care. There is so much fear in the Hindu community now."

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Kachi heads the Pakistan Darewar Ittehad, an organization that fights for the recovery of Hindu girls kidnapped, allegedly forcibly converted to Islam, and married off to Muslim men who are much older in many cases.

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