Sindh Hindu MPA flees to India

A Hindu member of Sindh Assembly has resigned from his seat after receiving life threats, reported a private TV channel on Saturday. Ram Singh Sodho was elected a member of the Sindh assembly on a reserved seat for minorities on PML-F ticket in the 2008 general elections. Sodho received some security threats and shifted base to India, from where he sent his resignation to Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Ahmad Khoro, the report said. The resignation has been accepted with immediate effect. The PML-F is an ally of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Sindh. The law and order situation in Karachi has been deteriorating for quite some time now. Incidents of kidnapping for ransom have seen an alarming rise during the last few months, forcing many families to abandon their homes and shift to India or other countries.

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