title: Saleem Khursheed Khokhar
text: # Saleem Khursheed Khokhar
  
  Saleem Khursheed Khokhar is a Christian politician from Sindh in Pakistan.
  
  ## Politics
  
  Khokhar won three consecutive elections to the Sindh Provincial Assembly in 1990, 1993, and 1997 as a representative of the local Christian community; he secured re-election in 2008 from the Pakistan People's Party. A vocal advocate of minority rights, Khokhar has drawn attention to kidnapping and forced conversion of religious minorities in the region.
  
  ## Assassination attempts
  
  Khokhar has been subject to multiple assassination attempts; in 2013, armed assailants attacked him in Thatta.
  
  