Lahore, Sep 1 : The provincial government has suspended a Horticulture Department official for harassing Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism Sassui Palijo by writing her love letters.

According to a channel, Iliyas Hulio, a superintendent in the Horticulture Department in Karachi, wrote a love letter in his blood and sent around 100 emails to the Sindh minister.

After receiving a complaint from Palijo, the Horticulture Department conducted an inquiry into the matter, during which Hulio confessed writing the letter and emails to the minister.

Sassui Palijo is a liberal politician and a columnist in Pakistan. She is member of the provincial assembly of Sindh from Mirpur Sakro Thatta.

She is the only directly elected female assembly member in Sindh, the Daily Times reported. (ANI)